Parathyroid planar img w/tomo spect 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

$575.12

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.

$2,773.00

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.

$264.17 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $2,537.01 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 $264.17 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Community Plan $344.12 ↓ -40%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $350.50 ↓ -39%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $353.83 ↓ -38%
Amerihealth Local Value $353.83 ↓ -38%
Aetna Better Health $376.57 ↓ -35%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $439.15 ↓ -24%
Humana Medicare $439.15 ↓ -24%
Aetna Medicare $439.15 ↓ -24%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $439.15 ↓ -24%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $439.15 ↓ -24%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $439.15 ↓ -24%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $442.13 ↓ -23%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $442.13 ↓ -23%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $442.13 ↓ -23%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $442.13 ↓ -23%
United Healthcare Medicare $447.93 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare Nexus $520.83 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $520.83 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $581.65 ↑ +1%
United Healthcare Commercial $581.65 ↑ +1%
Aetna PPO $664.25 ↑ +15%
Aetna HMO $664.25 ↑ +15%
Emblem Health Commercial $768.51 ↑ +34%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $828.00 ↑ +44%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $866.00 ↑ +51%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $873.91 ↑ +52%
Cigna Local Plus $1,381.52 ↑ +140%
Cigna HMO $1,381.52 ↑ +140%
Cigna PPO $1,381.52 ↑ +140%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $1,580.61 ↑ +175%
First Health Commercial $1,663.80 ↑ +189%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $2,357.05 ↑ +310%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $2,537.01 ↑ +341%

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Parathyroid planar img w/tomo spect at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $520.49 $167.34 – $1,381.52
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $522.12 $264.17 – $1,381.52
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $429.62 $264.17 – $1,381.52
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $513.25 $172.26 – $1,381.52
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $576.22 $216.56 – $1,381.52
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $606.73 $264.17 – $1,381.52
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $444.77 $444.77 – $1,074.58
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $473.22 $239.48 – $1,166.24

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