Cholecystostomy complete w/supervision & interpretation 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

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$8,664.00

Gross charge

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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.

$308.55 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $7,926.69 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey — 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
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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 $308.55 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Community Plan $1,075.20 ↓ -72%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $1,095.12 ↓ -71%
Aetna Better Health $1,176.57 ↓ -69%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $2,699.00 ↓ -29%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $3,266.00 ↓ -14%
Humana Medicare $3,856.84 ↑ +2%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $3,856.84 ↑ +2%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $3,856.84 ↑ +2%
Aetna Medicare $3,856.84 ↑ +2%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $3,856.84 ↑ +2%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $3,856.84 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,933.98 ↑ +4%
Aetna HMO $4,174.00 ↑ +10%
Aetna PPO $4,174.00 ↑ +10%
Cigna Local Plus $4,186.44 ↑ +11%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $4,791.00 ↑ +27%
First Health Commercial $5,198.40 ↑ +37%
Cigna HMO $5,319.69 ↑ +41%
United Healthcare Nexus $5,390.00 ↑ +42%
Cigna PPO $5,603.00 ↑ +48%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $5,627.26 ↑ +49%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $5,637.00 ↑ +49%
United Healthcare Commercial $6,341.00 ↑ +67%
Amerihealth Local Value $6,347.24 ↑ +68%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $6,498.00 ↑ +72%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $6,549.98 ↑ +73%
Emblem Health Commercial $6,749.47 ↑ +78%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $6,778.71 ↑ +79%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $6,822.03 ↑ +80%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $6,933.79 ↑ +83%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $7,364.40 ↑ +95%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $7,675.11 ↑ +103%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $7,926.69 ↑ +109%

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Cholecystostomy complete w/supervision & interpretation at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $166.67 – $7,713.68
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $301.29 – $7,918.64
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $297.66 – $7,879.05
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $171.57 – $7,918.64
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $215.69 – $8,270.50
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $595.32 – $7,773.30
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $3,906.18 $3,906.18 – $4,687.41
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $4,156.03 $702.46 – $4,363.83

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