Echo guide for artery repair 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

$364.81

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.

$1,759.00

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.

$218.29 with United Healthcare vs $1,609.30 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 Community Plan $218.29 ↓ -40%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $222.33 ↓ -39%
Aetna Better Health $238.87 ↓ -35%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $286.13 ↓ -22%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $340.32 ↓ -7%
Aetna Medicare $340.32 ↓ -7%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $340.32 ↓ -7%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $340.32 ↓ -7%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $340.32 ↓ -7%
Humana Medicare $340.32 ↓ -7%
United Healthcare Medicare $347.13 ↓ -5%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $360.86 ↓ -1%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $360.86 ↓ -1%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $360.86 ↓ -1%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $360.86 ↓ -1%
United Healthcare Nexus $375.28 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $375.28 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial $399.90 ↑ +10%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $399.90 ↑ +10%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $419.56 ↑ +15%
Amerihealth Local Value $419.56 ↑ +15%
Aetna PPO $422.29 ↑ +16%
Aetna HMO $422.29 ↑ +16%
Emblem Health Commercial $595.56 ↑ +63%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $677.24 ↑ +86%
Cigna Local Plus $876.52 ↑ +140%
Cigna PPO $876.52 ↑ +140%
Cigna HMO $876.52 ↑ +140%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $1,002.63 ↑ +175%
First Health Commercial $1,055.40 ↑ +189%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $1,173.25 ↑ +222%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $1,250.64 ↑ +243%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,495.15 ↑ +310%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,609.30 ↑ +341%

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Echo guide for artery repair at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $330.16 $27.78 – $876.52
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $308.95 $286.13 – $876.52
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $303.70 $138.84 – $876.52
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $365.52 $174.54 – $876.52
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $384.86 $286.13 – $876.52
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $344.68 $344.68 – $716.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $366.72 $259.38 – $818.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $340.32 $311.40 – $716.00

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