Radiation physics consult 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

$343.45

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.

$1,656.00

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.

$86.36 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $3,021.00 with United Healthcare — 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 $86.36 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare $145.10 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare $145.10 ↓ -58%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $145.10 ↓ -58%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $145.10 ↓ -58%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $145.10 ↓ -58%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $145.10 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Medicare $148.00 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Community Plan $205.50 ↓ -40%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $209.31 ↓ -39%
Aetna Better Health $224.88 ↓ -35%
Aetna PPO $234.00 ↓ -32%
Aetna HMO $234.00 ↓ -32%
Emblem Health Commercial $253.93 ↓ -26%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $288.75 ↓ -16%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $943.92 ↑ +175%
Cigna Local Plus $983.66 ↑ +186%
First Health Commercial $993.60 ↑ +189%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,075.57 ↑ +213%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $1,104.55 ↑ +222%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $1,177.41 ↑ +243%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $1,233.72 ↑ +259%
Amerihealth Local Value $1,233.72 ↑ +259%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $1,242.00 ↑ +262%
Cigna HMO $1,249.94 ↑ +264%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $1,303.93 ↑ +280%
Cigna PPO $1,316.52 ↑ +283%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $1,325.29 ↑ +286%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,407.60 ↑ +310%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,515.07 ↑ +341%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,568.00 ↑ +648%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,568.00 ↑ +648%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,021.00 ↑ +780%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $3,021.00 ↑ +780%

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Radiation physics consult at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $310.83 $46.81 – $677.71
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $355.78 $86.36 – $297.92
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $324.40 $86.36 – $296.43
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $349.73 $48.18 – $297.92
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $344.11 $60.57 – $311.16
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $362.33 $86.36 – $292.45
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $146.96 $146.96 – $21,431.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $156.36 $78.29 – $3,250.00

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