X-ray cervical spine >= 6 views 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

$202.60

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.

$926.00

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.

$51.76 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $895.53 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 $51.76 ↓ -74%
Amerihealth Local Value $83.91 ↓ -59%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $83.91 ↓ -59%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $109.82 ↓ -46%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $109.82 ↓ -46%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $109.82 ↓ -46%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $109.82 ↓ -46%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $117.70 ↓ -42%
Aetna Medicare $117.70 ↓ -42%
Humana Medicare $117.70 ↓ -42%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $117.70 ↓ -42%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $117.70 ↓ -42%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $117.70 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Medicare $118.54 ↓ -41%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $124.00 ↓ -39%
Aetna HMO $125.83 ↓ -38%
Aetna PPO $125.83 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Nexus $143.22 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $143.22 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $177.09 ↓ -13%
United Healthcare Commercial $177.09 ↓ -13%
Emblem Health Commercial $205.98 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Community Plan $230.11 ↑ +14%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $234.22 ↑ +16%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $234.55 ↑ +16%
Cigna Local Plus $251.64 ↑ +24%
Cigna PPO $251.64 ↑ +24%
Cigna HMO $251.64 ↑ +24%
Aetna Better Health $252.05 ↑ +24%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $527.82 ↑ +161%
First Health Commercial $555.60 ↑ +174%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $758.39 ↑ +274%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $871.82 ↑ +330%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $895.53 ↑ +342%

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X-ray cervical spine >= 6 views at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Carrier Clinic Belle Mead $343.20 $124.41 – $124.41
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $173.81 $32.67 – $251.64
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $255.97 $51.76 – $251.64
Community Medical Center Toms River $192.05 $51.76 – $251.64
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $239.27 $51.76 – $251.64
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $247.50 $31.56 – $655.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $251.62 $33.63 – $251.64
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $192.42 $42.28 – $251.64

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