Blood split unit 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

$49.77

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.

$240.00

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.

$32.59 with Aetna vs $2,587.00 with United Healthcare — 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
Aetna Better Health $32.59 ↓ -35%
Aetna HMO $132.00 ↑ +165%
Aetna PPO $132.00 ↑ +165%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $136.80 ↑ +175%
Cigna Local Plus $142.56 ↑ +186%
First Health Commercial $144.00 ↑ +189%
Aetna Medicare $154.97 ↑ +211%
Humana Medicare $154.97 ↑ +211%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $154.97 ↑ +211%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $154.97 ↑ +211%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $154.97 ↑ +211%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $154.97 ↑ +211%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $155.88 ↑ +213%
United Healthcare Medicare $158.07 ↑ +218%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $160.08 ↑ +222%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $170.64 ↑ +243%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $178.80 ↑ +259%
Amerihealth Local Value $178.80 ↑ +259%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $180.00 ↑ +262%
Cigna HMO $181.15 ↑ +264%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $188.97 ↑ +280%
Cigna PPO $190.80 ↑ +283%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $192.07 ↑ +286%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $204.00 ↑ +310%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $219.57 ↑ +341%
Emblem Health Commercial $271.20 ↑ +445%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $308.39 ↑ +520%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,199.00 ↑ +4318%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,199.00 ↑ +4318%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,587.00 ↑ +5098%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,587.00 ↑ +5098%

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Blood split unit at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $45.04 $154.97 – $309.94
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $50.85 $159.09 – $318.18
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $47.73 $159.09 – $316.59
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $49.99 $159.09 – $318.18
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $49.87 $166.99 – $332.31
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $52.51 $156.95 – $2,199.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $157.09 $130.83 – $382.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $156.95 $128.12 – $380.00

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