Lung function test (mbc/mvv) 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

$54.54

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.

$263.00

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.

$32.63 with United Healthcare vs $596.00 with United Healthcare — 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 $32.63 ↓ -40%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $33.24 ↓ -39%
Aetna Better Health $35.71 ↓ -35%
Aetna Medicare $64.92 ↑ +19%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $64.92 ↑ +19%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $64.92 ↑ +19%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $64.92 ↑ +19%
Humana Medicare $64.92 ↑ +19%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $64.92 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare Medicare $66.22 ↑ +21%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $108.80 ↑ +99%
Emblem Health Commercial $113.61 ↑ +108%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $129.19 ↑ +137%
Aetna HMO $144.65 ↑ +165%
Aetna PPO $144.65 ↑ +165%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $149.91 ↑ +175%
Cigna Local Plus $156.22 ↑ +186%
First Health Commercial $157.80 ↑ +189%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $170.81 ↑ +213%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $175.42 ↑ +222%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $186.99 ↑ +243%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $195.93 ↑ +259%
Amerihealth Local Value $195.93 ↑ +259%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $197.25 ↑ +262%
Cigna HMO $198.51 ↑ +264%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $207.08 ↑ +280%
Cigna PPO $209.08 ↑ +283%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $210.47 ↑ +286%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $223.55 ↑ +310%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $240.61 ↑ +341%
United Healthcare Nexus $507.00 ↑ +830%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $507.00 ↑ +830%
United Healthcare Commercial $596.00 ↑ +993%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $596.00 ↑ +993%

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Lung function test (mbc/mvv) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $55.72 $66.64 – $133.28
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $51.91 $66.64 – $132.61
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $54.78 $8.06 – $133.28
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $54.65 $10.14 – $139.20
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $57.54 $65.75 – $130.84
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $65.75 $65.75 – $910.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $69.95 $26.92 – $5,456.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $64.92 $25.60 – $389.00

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