Pq dr cath chg w cont s&i 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

$368.75

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.

$1,778.00

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.

$84.38 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $1,626.69 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 $84.38 ↓ -77%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $134.21 ↓ -64%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $134.21 ↓ -64%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $134.21 ↓ -64%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $134.21 ↓ -64%
Aetna HMO $146.17 ↓ -60%
Aetna PPO $146.17 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Community Plan $220.64 ↓ -40%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $224.73 ↓ -39%
Aetna Better Health $241.45 ↓ -35%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $1,013.46 ↑ +175%
First Health Commercial $1,066.80 ↑ +189%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $1,185.92 ↑ +222%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $1,264.15 ↑ +243%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,511.30 ↑ +310%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,626.69 ↑ +341%

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Pq dr cath chg w cont s&i at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $333.73 $49.30 – $588.20
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $316.79 $84.38 – $214.00
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $189.75 $84.38 – $159.36
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $311.40 $50.75 – $214.00
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $369.46 $63.80 – $186.45
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $389.02 $84.38 – $214.00
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton Hamilton Township $156.36 $84.38 – $146.17
Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus Lakewood $422.63 $84.38 – $214.00

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