Prcrd drg 6+yr without anomly 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

$3,786.00

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.

$3,686.00

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.

$231.98 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $4,174.00 with Aetna — 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 $231.98 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Community Plan $457.43 ↓ -88%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $465.91 ↓ -88%
Aetna Better Health $500.55 ↓ -87%
Cigna Local Plus $1,781.07 ↓ -53%
First Health Commercial $2,211.60 ↓ -42%
Cigna HMO $2,263.20 ↓ -40%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $2,296.37 ↓ -39%
Cigna PPO $2,383.73 ↓ -37%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $2,394.05 ↓ -37%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,445.00 ↓ -35%
Amerihealth Local Value $2,700.36 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,751.00 ↓ -27%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $2,764.50 ↓ -27%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $2,786.61 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,877.00 ↓ -24%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $2,883.92 ↓ -24%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $2,902.35 ↓ -23%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $2,949.90 ↓ -22%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $3,133.10 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,236.00 ↓ -15%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $3,266.00 ↓ -14%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $3,372.32 ↓ -11%
Aetna PPO $4,174.00 ↑ +10%
Aetna HMO $4,174.00 ↑ +10%

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Prcrd drg 6+yr without anomly at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick $5,741.00 $194.76 – $206.05
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset Somerville $6,311.00 $129.08 – $206.05
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth not published $121.91 – $1,978.15
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston not published $226.52 – $226.52
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville not published $223.79 – $223.79
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark not published $125.50 – $410.74
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City not published $157.77 – $245.63
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch not published $447.59 – $447.59

All New-jersey hospitals for this procedure →