Neck (Cervical Spine) CT scan (with contrast) 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

$570.97

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.

$2,753.00

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.

$221.00 with Cigna vs $2,518.71 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
Cigna Local Plus $221.00 ↓ -61%
Cigna PPO $269.00 ↓ -53%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $279.10 ↓ -51%
Cigna HMO $281.00 ↓ -51%
Aetna PPO $292.37 ↓ -49%
Aetna HMO $292.37 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Community Plan $341.64 ↓ -40%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $347.97 ↓ -39%
Aetna Better Health $373.85 ↓ -35%
Humana Medicare $390.30 ↓ -32%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $390.30 ↓ -32%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $390.30 ↓ -32%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $390.30 ↓ -32%
Aetna Medicare $390.30 ↓ -32%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $390.30 ↓ -32%
United Healthcare Medicare $398.11 ↓ -30%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $443.28 ↓ -22%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $443.28 ↓ -22%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $443.28 ↓ -22%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $443.28 ↓ -22%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $451.73 ↓ -21%
Amerihealth Local Value $451.73 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare Nexus $493.70 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $493.70 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $603.32 ↑ +6%
United Healthcare Commercial $603.32 ↑ +6%
Emblem Health Commercial $683.03 ↑ +20%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $726.00 ↑ +27%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $759.00 ↑ +33%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $776.70 ↑ +36%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $1,569.21 ↑ +175%
First Health Commercial $1,651.80 ↑ +189%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $2,340.05 ↑ +310%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $2,518.71 ↑ +341%

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Neck (Cervical Spine) CT scan (with contrast) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $516.73 $89.78 – $780.60
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $718.12 $279.10 – $801.34
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $847.51 $221.00 – $797.33
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $705.92 $92.42 – $801.34
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $572.07 $116.19 – $836.95
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $602.35 $221.00 – $786.63
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $395.29 $347.76 – $2,083.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $420.58 $253.01 – $2,426.69

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