ER Visit (level 1, minor) 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

$218.18

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.

$1,052.00

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.

$96.23 with Clover Health vs $2,675.00 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
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $96.23 ↓ -56%
Humana Medicare $96.23 ↓ -56%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $96.23 ↓ -56%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $96.23 ↓ -56%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $96.23 ↓ -56%
Aetna Medicare $96.23 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Medicare $98.15 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Community Plan $130.55 ↓ -40%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $132.97 ↓ -39%
Aetna Better Health $142.86 ↓ -35%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $143.00 ↓ -34%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $191.50 ↓ -12%
Cigna Local Plus $315.00 ↑ +44%
Emblem Health Commercial $345.00 ↑ +58%
Cigna HMO $400.00 ↑ +83%
Cigna PPO $421.00 ↑ +93%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $531.00 ↑ +143%
Aetna PPO $597.00 ↑ +174%
Aetna HMO $597.00 ↑ +174%
United Healthcare Nexus $598.00 ↑ +174%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $620.00 ↑ +184%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $625.00 ↑ +186%
First Health Commercial $631.20 ↑ +189%
United Healthcare Commercial $703.00 ↑ +222%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $747.97 ↑ +243%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $960.16 ↑ +340%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,156.00 ↑ +430%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,377.00 ↑ +531%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $1,387.00 ↑ +536%
Amerihealth Local Value $1,554.00 ↑ +612%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $1,630.00 ↑ +647%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $1,750.00 ↑ +702%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $2,632.00 ↑ +1106%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $2,675.00 ↑ +1126%

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ER Visit (level 1, minor) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $197.46 $5.69 – $400.00
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $222.91 $98.79 – $1,387.00
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $181.99 $98.79 – $1,387.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $219.13 $5.86 – $1,387.00
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $218.60 $7.37 – $1,387.00
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $230.17 $97.46 – $1,387.00
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $97.46 $97.46 – $1,522.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $103.69 $19.04 – $1,522.00

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