Low cost skin substitute app at Jersey City Medical Center

355 Grand St, Jersey City, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1689744856

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 4, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$1,174.27

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.

$5,651.00

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.

$39.02 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $5,129.41 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 $39.02 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare $720.88 ↓ -39%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $720.88 ↓ -39%
Aetna Medicare $720.88 ↓ -39%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $720.88 ↓ -39%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $720.88 ↓ -39%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $720.88 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare Medicare $735.30 ↓ -37%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,369.67 ↑ +17%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $1,434.55 ↑ +22%
United Healthcare Community Plan $1,558.54 ↑ +33%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $1,588.49 ↑ +35%
Cigna Local Plus $1,686.00 ↑ +44%
Aetna Better Health $1,707.16 ↑ +45%
Cigna HMO $2,142.00 ↑ +82%
Cigna PPO $2,256.00 ↑ +92%
Amerihealth Local Value $2,338.38 ↑ +99%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,445.00 ↑ +108%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $2,533.90 ↑ +116%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $2,681.39 ↑ +128%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,751.00 ↑ +134%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,877.00 ↑ +145%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $3,006.89 ↑ +156%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $3,062.27 ↑ +161%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $3,186.03 ↑ +171%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,236.00 ↑ +176%
First Health Commercial $3,390.60 ↑ +189%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $3,995.25 ↑ +240%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $3,995.25 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $4,736.66 ↑ +303%
Aetna HMO $5,009.00 ↑ +327%
Aetna PPO $5,009.00 ↑ +327%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $5,129.41 ↑ +337%

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Low cost skin substitute app at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $1,523.34 $35.99 – $1,373.52
Community Medical Center Toms River $1,172.01 $36.86 – $1,331.27
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $1,253.86 $35.56 – $1,366.65
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $1,497.46 $65.26 – $1,373.52
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $1,236.43 $71.11 – $1,348.30
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $678.13 $43.36 – $678.13
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $677.54 $677.54 – $813.05
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $720.88 $720.88 – $785.76

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