Established Patient Office Visit (level 1) 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

$63.25

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.

$305.00

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.

$16.00 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $279.04 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
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $16.00 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Community Plan $37.85 ↓ -40%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $38.55 ↓ -39%
Aetna Better Health $41.41 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $87.84 ↑ +39%
United Healthcare Nexus $87.84 ↑ +39%
United Healthcare Commercial $103.09 ↑ +63%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $103.09 ↑ +63%
Aetna PPO $167.75 ↑ +165%
Aetna HMO $167.75 ↑ +165%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $173.85 ↑ +175%
Cigna Local Plus $181.17 ↑ +186%
First Health Commercial $183.00 ↑ +189%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $198.09 ↑ +213%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $203.43 ↑ +222%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $216.85 ↑ +243%
Amerihealth Local Value $227.22 ↑ +259%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $227.22 ↑ +259%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $228.75 ↑ +262%
Cigna HMO $230.21 ↑ +264%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $240.15 ↑ +280%
Cigna PPO $242.47 ↑ +283%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $244.09 ↑ +286%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $259.25 ↑ +310%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $279.04 ↑ +341%

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Established Patient Office Visit (level 1) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $57.24 $12.10 – $16.00
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $64.62 $16.00 – $16.00
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $60.66 $16.00 – $16.00
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $108.00 $43.76 – $43.76
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $63.53 $12.45 – $16.00
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $63.37 $15.66 – $16.00
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $66.73 $16.00 – $16.00
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton Hamilton Township $49.98 $16.00 – $42.34

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