Esophagus motility study 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

$617.22

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.

$2,976.00

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.

$369.32 with United Healthcare vs $4,174.00 with Aetna — 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 $369.32 ↓ -40%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $376.16 ↓ -39%
Aetna Better Health $404.14 ↓ -35%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $579.88 ↓ -6%
Humana Medicare $579.88 ↓ -6%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $579.88 ↓ -6%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $579.88 ↓ -6%
Aetna Medicare $579.88 ↓ -6%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $579.88 ↓ -6%
United Healthcare Medicare $591.48 ↓ -4%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,014.79 ↑ +64%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $1,153.96 ↑ +87%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $1,696.32 ↑ +175%
Cigna Local Plus $1,767.74 ↑ +186%
First Health Commercial $1,785.60 ↑ +189%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,932.91 ↑ +213%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $1,984.99 ↑ +222%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $2,062.10 ↑ +234%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $2,115.93 ↑ +243%
Amerihealth Local Value $2,217.12 ↑ +259%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $2,217.12 ↑ +259%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $2,232.00 ↑ +262%
Cigna HMO $2,246.28 ↑ +264%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $2,343.30 ↑ +280%
Cigna PPO $2,365.92 ↑ +283%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $2,381.69 ↑ +286%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,445.00 ↑ +296%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $2,529.60 ↑ +310%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $2,722.74 ↑ +341%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,751.00 ↑ +346%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,877.00 ↑ +366%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,236.00 ↑ +424%
Aetna HMO $4,174.00 ↑ +576%
Aetna PPO $4,174.00 ↑ +576%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $558.59 $114.98 – $1,159.76
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $773.85 $595.29 – $1,190.58
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $465.82 $595.29 – $1,184.63
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $760.71 $118.37 – $1,190.58
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $618.41 $148.80 – $1,243.49
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $651.14 $587.30 – $1,168.73
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $587.30 $587.30 – $704.76
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $624.87 $395.09 – $656.11

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