X-ray exam entire spi 6/> vw 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

$189.91

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.

$868.00

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.

$73.75 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $839.44 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 $73.75 ↓ -61%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $83.91 ↓ -56%
Amerihealth Local Value $83.91 ↓ -56%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $117.70 ↓ -38%
Aetna Medicare $117.70 ↓ -38%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $117.70 ↓ -38%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $117.70 ↓ -38%
Humana Medicare $117.70 ↓ -38%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $117.70 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Medicare $118.54 ↓ -38%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $122.70 ↓ -35%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $122.70 ↓ -35%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $122.70 ↓ -35%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $122.70 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $143.22 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare Nexus $143.22 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare Commercial $177.09 ↓ -7%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $177.09 ↓ -7%
Emblem Health Commercial $205.98 ↑ +8%
Aetna PPO $206.76 ↑ +9%
Aetna HMO $206.76 ↑ +9%
United Healthcare Community Plan $215.69 ↑ +14%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $219.86 ↑ +16%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $234.22 ↑ +23%
Aetna Better Health $236.26 ↑ +24%
Cigna Local Plus $411.24 ↑ +117%
Cigna PPO $411.24 ↑ +117%
Cigna HMO $411.24 ↑ +117%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $494.76 ↑ +161%
First Health Commercial $520.80 ↑ +174%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $666.62 ↑ +251%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $710.89 ↑ +274%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $817.22 ↑ +330%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $839.44 ↑ +342%

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X-ray exam entire spi 6/> vw at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $162.92 $51.50 – $411.24
Community Medical Center Toms River $180.02 $73.75 – $411.24
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $242.50 $44.97 – $655.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $208.71 $53.01 – $411.24
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $180.37 $66.65 – $411.24
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $117.70 $117.70 – $4,332.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $125.23 $66.86 – $4,332.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $116.22 $106.34 – $4,332.00

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