Acid perfusion of esophagus at Community Medical Center

99 NJ-37, Toms River, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1013010917

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

$171.93

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

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$829.00

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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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$49.30 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $4,174.00 with Aetna — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $49.30 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Community Plan $102.87 ↓ -40%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $104.78 ↓ -39%
Aetna Better Health $112.57 ↓ -35%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $472.53 ↑ +175%
Cigna Local Plus $492.42 ↑ +186%
First Health Commercial $497.40 ↑ +189%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $538.43 ↑ +213%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $552.94 ↑ +222%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $579.88 ↑ +237%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $579.88 ↑ +237%
Humana Medicare $579.88 ↑ +237%
Aetna Medicare $579.88 ↑ +237%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $579.88 ↑ +237%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $579.88 ↑ +237%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $589.41 ↑ +243%
United Healthcare Medicare $591.48 ↑ +244%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $617.60 ↑ +259%
Amerihealth Local Value $617.60 ↑ +259%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $621.75 ↑ +262%
Cigna HMO $625.72 ↑ +264%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $652.75 ↑ +280%
Cigna PPO $659.05 ↑ +283%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $663.44 ↑ +286%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $704.65 ↑ +310%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $758.45 ↑ +341%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,014.79 ↑ +490%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $1,153.96 ↑ +571%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,445.00 ↑ +1322%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,751.00 ↑ +1500%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,877.00 ↑ +1573%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,236.00 ↑ +1782%
Aetna PPO $4,174.00 ↑ +2328%
Aetna HMO $4,174.00 ↑ +2328%

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Acid perfusion of esophagus at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $155.60 $75.55 – $1,159.76
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $175.66 $48.14 – $1,190.58
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $164.88 $47.56 – $1,184.63
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $172.68 $77.77 – $1,190.58
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $172.26 $52.20 – $1,243.49
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $181.38 $95.12 – $1,168.73
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $587.30 $587.30 – $704.76
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $624.87 $259.45 – $656.11

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