Ultrasound encephalogram at Community Medical Center
99 NJ-37, Toms River, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1013010917
$178.57
Cash price 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.
$861.00
Gross charge 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.
$68.88 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $787.72 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $68.88 | ↓ -61% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $106.85 | ↓ -40% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $108.83 | ↓ -39% |
| Humana | Medicare | $116.22 | ↓ -35% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $116.22 | ↓ -35% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Medicare Advantage | $116.22 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $116.22 | ↓ -35% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $116.22 | ↓ -35% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Advantage | $116.22 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $116.92 | ↓ -35% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $118.54 | ↓ -34% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $118.88 | ↓ -33% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $118.88 | ↓ -33% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $143.22 | ↓ -20% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $143.22 | ↓ -20% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $150.83 | ↓ -16% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $150.83 | ↓ -16% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $150.83 | ↓ -16% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $150.83 | ↓ -16% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $177.09 | ↓ -1% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $177.09 | ↓ -1% |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | $203.39 | ↑ +14% |
| Aetna | HMO | $203.46 | ↑ +14% |
| Aetna | PPO | $203.46 | ↑ +14% |
| Wellcare | Ambetter Health Commercial | $231.28 | ↑ +30% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $428.82 | ↑ +140% |
| Cigna | PPO | $428.82 | ↑ +140% |
| Cigna | HMO | $428.82 | ↑ +140% |
| Wellpoint | NJ Family Care | $490.77 | ↑ +175% |
| First Health | Commercial | $516.60 | ↑ +189% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS | $574.28 | ↑ +222% |
| Qualcare Inc | PPO/WC | $612.17 | ↑ +243% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $731.85 | ↑ +310% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $787.72 | ↑ +341% |
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Ultrasound encephalogram at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $161.60 | $58.80 – $428.82 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $140.91 | $68.88 – $428.82 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $123.91 | $68.88 – $428.82 |
| Childrens Specialized Hospital | Mountainside | $290.50 | $42.00 – $42.00 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $138.51 | $60.53 – $428.82 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $178.91 | $68.88 – $428.82 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $188.38 | $68.88 – $428.82 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $117.70 | $106.67 – $312.21 |