New Patient Office Visit (level 3) 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

$119.87

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.

$578.00

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.

$64.24 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $528.81 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 NJ Health $64.24 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Community Plan $71.72 ↓ -40%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $73.05 ↓ -39%
Aetna Better Health $78.49 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $166.46 ↑ +39%
United Healthcare Nexus $166.46 ↑ +39%
United Healthcare Commercial $195.36 ↑ +63%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $195.36 ↑ +63%
Aetna PPO $317.90 ↑ +165%
Aetna HMO $317.90 ↑ +165%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $329.46 ↑ +175%
Cigna Local Plus $343.33 ↑ +186%
First Health Commercial $346.80 ↑ +189%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $375.41 ↑ +213%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $385.52 ↑ +222%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $410.95 ↑ +243%
Amerihealth Local Value $430.61 ↑ +259%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $430.61 ↑ +259%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $433.50 ↑ +262%
Cigna HMO $436.27 ↑ +264%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $455.11 ↑ +280%
Cigna PPO $459.51 ↑ +283%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $462.57 ↑ +286%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $491.30 ↑ +310%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $528.81 ↑ +341%

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New Patient Office Visit (level 3) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Carrier Clinic Belle Mead $209.20 $60.06 – $261.50
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $108.49 $59.34 – $64.24
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $122.47 $64.24 – $64.24
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $114.96 $64.24 – $64.24
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $300.50 $175.68 – $175.68
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $120.39 $61.09 – $64.24
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $120.10 $64.24 – $76.80
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $126.46 $64.24 – $64.24

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