Biopsy of salivary gland 42400 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

$3,786.00

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.

$2,746.00

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.

$49.98 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $4,174.00 with Aetna — 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 $49.98 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Community Plan $340.77 ↓ -91%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $347.09 ↓ -91%
Aetna Better Health $372.90 ↓ -90%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $768.94 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare $768.94 ↓ -80%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $768.94 ↓ -80%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $768.94 ↓ -80%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $768.94 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare $768.94 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicare $784.32 ↓ -79%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,345.65 ↓ -64%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $1,530.19 ↓ -60%
First Health Commercial $1,647.60 ↓ -56%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,783.52 ↓ -53%
Amerihealth Local Value $2,011.71 ↓ -47%
Cigna Local Plus $2,033.00 ↓ -46%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $2,059.50 ↓ -46%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $2,075.97 ↓ -45%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $2,148.47 ↓ -43%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $2,162.20 ↓ -43%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $2,197.62 ↓ -42%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $2,334.10 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,494.00 ↓ -34%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $2,512.31 ↓ -34%
Cigna HMO $2,583.00 ↓ -32%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $2,699.00 ↓ -29%
Cigna PPO $2,721.00 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,806.00 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,934.00 ↓ -23%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $3,266.00 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,301.00 ↓ -13%
Aetna HMO $4,174.00 ↑ +10%
Aetna PPO $4,174.00 ↑ +10%

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Biopsy of salivary gland 42400 at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $49.52 – $1,537.88
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $48.80 – $1,578.74
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $48.22 – $1,570.85
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $50.98 – $1,578.74
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $52.92 – $1,648.89
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $96.43 – $1,549.77
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $778.78 $778.78 – $934.53
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $828.59 $113.25 – $870.02

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