Consultation/report referred material w/preparation of slides 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

$51.43

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.

$248.00

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.

$23.57 with United Healthcare vs $226.89 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.

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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
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $23.57 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Nexus $23.57 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $27.21 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Commercial $27.21 ↓ -47%
Aetna Better Health $33.67 ↓ -35%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $34.11 ↓ -34%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $34.11 ↓ -34%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $34.11 ↓ -34%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $34.11 ↓ -34%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $54.12 ↑ +5%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $58.39 ↑ +14%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $58.39 ↑ +14%
Aetna Medicare $58.39 ↑ +14%
Humana Medicare $58.39 ↑ +14%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $58.39 ↑ +14%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $58.39 ↑ +14%
United Healthcare Medicare $59.56 ↑ +16%
United Healthcare Community Plan $96.62 ↑ +88%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $96.67 ↑ +88%
Amerihealth Local Value $96.67 ↑ +88%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $98.46 ↑ +91%
Emblem Health Commercial $102.18 ↑ +99%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $116.20 ↑ +126%
Cigna Local Plus $118.68 ↑ +131%
Cigna PPO $118.68 ↑ +131%
Cigna HMO $118.68 ↑ +131%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $141.36 ↑ +175%
Aetna PPO $144.80 ↑ +182%
Aetna HMO $144.80 ↑ +182%
First Health Commercial $148.80 ↑ +189%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $165.41 ↑ +222%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $176.32 ↑ +243%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $210.80 ↑ +310%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $226.89 ↑ +341%

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Consultation/report referred material w/preparation of slides at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $39.41 $23.57 – $119.88
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $39.18 $23.57 – $119.28
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $38.74 $23.57 – $119.88
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $51.53 $23.57 – $125.21
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $54.26 $23.57 – $118.68
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $59.14 $59.14 – $102.13
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $62.92 $49.06 – $215.42
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $58.39 $36.30 – $207.34

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