Mayo alcohol biomarkers definitive assay 1 or 2 phosphatidylethanol confirmation 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

$17.21

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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.

$83.00

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.

$11.27 with Aetna vs $75.93 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey — same scan, same building. Share

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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
Aetna Better Health $11.27 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare Community Plan $17.49 ↑ +2%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $17.83 ↑ +4%
Aetna PPO $45.65 ↑ +165%
Aetna HMO $45.65 ↑ +165%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $47.31 ↑ +175%
Cigna Local Plus $49.30 ↑ +186%
First Health Commercial $49.80 ↑ +189%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $53.90 ↑ +213%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $55.36 ↑ +222%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $59.01 ↑ +243%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $61.83 ↑ +259%
Amerihealth Local Value $61.83 ↑ +259%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $62.25 ↑ +262%
Cigna HMO $62.64 ↑ +264%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $65.35 ↑ +280%
Cigna PPO $65.98 ↑ +283%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $66.42 ↑ +286%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $70.55 ↑ +310%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $75.93 ↑ +341%

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Mayo alcohol biomarkers definitive assay 1 or 2 phosphatidylethanol confirmation at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $15.57 $16.39 – $17.49
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $22.46 $17.49 – $17.83
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $57.08 $17.49 – $17.83
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $22.07 $17.49 – $19.99
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $17.24 $17.49 – $17.83
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $18.16 $17.49 – $17.83
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton Hamilton Township $47.03 $17.49 – $17.99
Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus Lakewood $19.72 $17.49 – $17.83

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