Cytopath smear oth prep screen & interp 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

$101.83

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.

$491.00

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.

$11.73 with United Healthcare vs $449.21 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 $11.73 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Nexus $11.73 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $12.64 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Commercial $12.64 ↓ -88%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $19.68 ↓ -81%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $26.76 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare $26.76 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare $26.76 ↓ -74%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $26.76 ↓ -74%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $26.76 ↓ -74%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $26.76 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $27.30 ↓ -73%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $41.57 ↓ -59%
Amerihealth Local Value $41.57 ↓ -59%
Emblem Health Commercial $46.83 ↓ -54%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $53.25 ↓ -48%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $65.53 ↓ -36%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $65.53 ↓ -36%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $65.53 ↓ -36%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $65.53 ↓ -36%
Aetna Better Health $66.67 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare Community Plan $69.66 ↓ -32%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $70.98 ↓ -30%
Aetna HMO $106.90 ↑ +5%
Aetna PPO $106.90 ↑ +5%
Cigna Local Plus $228.01 ↑ +124%
Cigna PPO $228.01 ↑ +124%
Cigna HMO $228.01 ↑ +124%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $279.87 ↑ +175%
First Health Commercial $294.60 ↑ +189%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $327.49 ↑ +222%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $349.10 ↑ +243%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $417.35 ↑ +310%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $449.21 ↑ +341%

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Cytopath smear oth prep screen & interp at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $57.21 $11.73 – $228.01
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $46.74 $11.73 – $228.01
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $56.24 $11.73 – $228.01
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $102.02 $11.73 – $228.01
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $107.43 $11.73 – $228.01
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $27.11 $27.11 – $50.64
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $28.84 $17.84 – $157.09
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $26.76 $13.20 – $149.47

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