X-ray thoracolumbar spine including skull cervical & sacral spine 2-3 views at Monmouth Medical Center
300 2nd Ave, Long Branch, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1609983790
$126.68
Cash price 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.
$579.00
Gross charge 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.
$47.55 with Amerihealth vs $559.95 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Amerihealth | Local Value | $47.55 | ↓ -62% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $47.55 | ↓ -62% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $56.86 | ↓ -55% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $94.30 | ↓ -26% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $94.30 | ↓ -26% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $94.30 | ↓ -26% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $94.30 | ↓ -26% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Medicare Advantage | $117.70 | ↓ -7% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $117.70 | ↓ -7% |
| Humana | Medicare | $117.70 | ↓ -7% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $117.70 | ↓ -7% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Advantage | $117.70 | ↓ -7% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $117.70 | ↓ -7% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $118.54 | ↓ -6% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $143.22 | ↑ +13% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $143.22 | ↑ +13% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $143.88 | ↑ +14% |
| Aetna | HMO | $146.05 | ↑ +15% |
| Aetna | PPO | $146.05 | ↑ +15% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $146.66 | ↑ +16% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $157.60 | ↑ +24% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $177.09 | ↑ +40% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $177.09 | ↑ +40% |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | $205.98 | ↑ +63% |
| Wellcare | Ambetter Health Commercial | $234.22 | ↑ +85% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $288.12 | ↑ +127% |
| Cigna | PPO | $288.12 | ↑ +127% |
| Cigna | HMO | $288.12 | ↑ +127% |
| Wellpoint | NJ Family Care | $330.03 | ↑ +161% |
| First Health | Commercial | $347.40 | ↑ +174% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS | $444.67 | ↑ +251% |
| Qualcare Inc | PPO/WC | $474.20 | ↑ +274% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $545.12 | ↑ +330% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $559.95 | ↑ +342% |
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X-ray thoracolumbar spine including skull cervical & sacral spine 2-3 views at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $108.67 | $36.69 – $288.12 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $166.12 | $47.55 – $288.12 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $120.08 | $47.55 – $288.12 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $81.35 | $47.64 – $288.12 |
| Childrens Specialized Hospital | Mountainside | $227.00 | $34.67 – $655.00 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $163.30 | $37.77 – $288.12 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $120.31 | $47.48 – $288.12 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $117.70 | $67.63 – $295.04 |