Ventilator initial day at Monmouth Medical Center

300 2nd Ave, Long Branch, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1609983790

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 4, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$697.53

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$3,188.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$161.08 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $3,083.11 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $161.08 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $326.00 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Nexus $326.00 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $383.00 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Commercial $383.00 ↓ -45%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $731.75 ↑ +5%
Humana Medicare $731.75 ↑ +5%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $731.75 ↑ +5%
Aetna Medicare $731.75 ↑ +5%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $731.75 ↑ +5%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $731.75 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare Medicare $736.95 ↑ +6%
United Healthcare Community Plan $792.21 ↑ +14%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $807.52 ↑ +16%
Aetna Better Health $867.77 ↑ +24%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,280.56 ↑ +84%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $1,456.18 ↑ +109%
Cigna Local Plus $1,558.93 ↑ +123%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $1,817.16 ↑ +161%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,836.92 ↑ +163%
Aetna PPO $1,912.80 ↑ +174%
First Health Commercial $1,912.80 ↑ +174%
Aetna HMO $1,912.80 ↑ +174%
Cigna HMO $1,980.70 ↑ +184%
Cigna PPO $2,086.22 ↑ +199%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $2,087.18 ↑ +199%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $2,211.83 ↑ +217%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $2,232.87 ↑ +220%
Amerihealth Local Value $2,379.52 ↑ +241%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $2,379.52 ↑ +241%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $2,448.38 ↑ +251%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $2,610.97 ↑ +274%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $3,001.50 ↑ +330%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $3,083.11 ↑ +342%

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Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $598.38 $45.27 – $1,445.00
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