Ext ecg>7d<15d scan a/r 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

$318.56

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.

$1,536.00

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.

$140.87 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $1,405.28 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 Medicare Advantage $140.87 ↓ -56%
Humana Medicare $140.87 ↓ -56%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $140.87 ↓ -56%
Aetna Medicare $140.87 ↓ -56%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $140.87 ↓ -56%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $140.87 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Medicare $143.69 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Community Plan $190.61 ↓ -40%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $194.15 ↓ -39%
Aetna Better Health $208.58 ↓ -35%
Emblem Health Commercial $246.52 ↓ -23%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $280.33 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare Nexus $284.00 ↓ -11%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $284.00 ↓ -11%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $334.00 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare Commercial $334.00 ↑ +5%
Aetna HMO $844.80 ↑ +165%
Aetna PPO $844.80 ↑ +165%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $875.52 ↑ +175%
Cigna Local Plus $912.38 ↑ +186%
First Health Commercial $921.60 ↑ +189%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $997.63 ↑ +213%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $1,024.51 ↑ +222%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $1,092.09 ↑ +243%
Amerihealth Local Value $1,144.32 ↑ +259%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $1,144.32 ↑ +259%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $1,152.00 ↑ +262%
Cigna HMO $1,159.37 ↑ +264%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $1,209.44 ↑ +280%
Cigna PPO $1,221.12 ↑ +283%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $1,229.26 ↑ +286%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,305.60 ↑ +310%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,405.28 ↑ +341%

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Ext ecg>7d<15d scan a/r at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $357.23 $127.16 – $289.24
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $336.07 $142.67 – $283.91
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $142.67 $142.67 – $1,008.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $151.80 $121.44 – $5,218.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $140.87 $128.90 – $1,008.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $142.80 $128.90 – $4,913.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $142.67 $142.67 – $1,063.00
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $151.80 $151.80 – $535.00

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