Insertion catheter pleural indwelling tunneled with cuff 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

$3,786.00

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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.

$6,414.00

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.

$795.97 with United Healthcare vs $12,887.00 with Cigna — 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 $795.97 ↓ -79%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $810.72 ↓ -79%
Aetna Better Health $871.02 ↓ -77%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $2,699.00 ↓ -29%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $3,266.00 ↓ -14%
First Health Commercial $3,848.40 ↑ +2%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $3,856.84 ↑ +2%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $3,856.84 ↑ +2%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $3,856.84 ↑ +2%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $3,856.84 ↑ +2%
Aetna Medicare $3,856.84 ↑ +2%
Humana Medicare $3,856.84 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,933.98 ↑ +4%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $4,165.89 ↑ +10%
Amerihealth Local Value $4,698.89 ↑ +24%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $4,791.00 ↑ +27%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $4,810.50 ↑ +27%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $4,848.98 ↑ +28%
Aetna PPO $5,009.00 ↑ +32%
Aetna HMO $5,009.00 ↑ +32%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $5,018.31 ↑ +33%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $5,050.38 ↑ +33%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $5,133.12 ↑ +36%
United Healthcare Nexus $5,390.00 ↑ +42%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $5,451.90 ↑ +44%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $5,637.00 ↑ +49%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $5,868.16 ↑ +55%
United Healthcare Commercial $6,341.00 ↑ +67%
Emblem Health Commercial $6,749.47 ↑ +78%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $7,675.11 ↑ +103%
Cigna Local Plus $9,629.00 ↑ +154%
Cigna HMO $12,235.00 ↑ +223%
Cigna PPO $12,887.00 ↑ +240%

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Insertion catheter pleural indwelling tunneled with cuff at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $399.97 – $7,713.68
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $3,959.32 – $7,918.64
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $3,959.32 – $7,879.05
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $411.74 – $7,918.64
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $517.61 – $8,270.50
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $3,906.18 – $7,773.30
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $3,906.18 $3,906.18 – $4,687.41
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $4,156.03 $421.26 – $4,363.83

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