Echo transthoracic at Community Medical Center
99 NJ-37, Toms River, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1013010917
$384.51
Cash price 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.
$1,854.00
Gross charge 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.
$209.10 with United Healthcare vs $1,541.60 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $209.10 | ↓ -46% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $212.98 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $228.82 | ↓ -40% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $251.19 | ↓ -35% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $251.19 | ↓ -35% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $251.19 | ↓ -35% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $251.19 | ↓ -35% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $479.40 | ↑ +25% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $599.23 | ↑ +56% |
| Humana | Medicare | $599.23 | ↑ +56% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $599.23 | ↑ +56% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Advantage | $599.23 | ↑ +56% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $599.23 | ↑ +56% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Medicare Advantage | $599.23 | ↑ +56% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $611.21 | ↑ +59% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $719.00 | ↑ +87% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $719.00 | ↑ +87% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $846.00 | ↑ +120% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $846.00 | ↑ +120% |
| Aetna | HMO | $926.75 | ↑ +141% |
| Aetna | PPO | $926.75 | ↑ +141% |
| Wellpoint | NJ Family Care | $960.45 | ↑ +150% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $1,000.89 | ↑ +160% |
| First Health | Commercial | $1,011.00 | ↑ +163% |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | $1,048.65 | ↑ +173% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS | $1,123.89 | ↑ +192% |
| Wellcare | Ambetter Health Commercial | $1,192.47 | ↑ +210% |
| Qualcare Inc | PPO/WC | $1,198.03 | ↑ +212% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $1,255.32 | ↑ +226% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $1,255.32 | ↑ +226% |
| Cigna | HMO | $1,271.83 | ↑ +231% |
| Cigna | PPO | $1,339.57 | ↑ +248% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $1,432.25 | ↑ +272% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $1,541.60 | ↑ +301% |
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Echo transthoracic at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $347.99 | $114.10 – $1,198.46 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $585.90 | $251.19 – $1,230.30 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $1,047.80 | $251.19 – $1,224.15 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $575.94 | $117.45 – $1,230.30 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $385.26 | $147.66 – $1,284.96 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $405.65 | $334.92 – $1,207.71 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $606.89 | $606.89 – $2,305.00 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $645.71 | $392.01 – $5,399.00 |