Low cost skin substitute app at Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus

600 River Ave, Lakewood, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1225133473

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 3, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$977.89

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.

$4,114.00

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.

$76.56 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $5,398.00 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 $76.56 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare $668.98 ↓ -32%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $668.98 ↓ -32%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $668.98 ↓ -32%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $668.98 ↓ -32%
Clover Medicare Advantage $668.98 ↓ -32%
Aetna Medicare $668.98 ↓ -32%
United Healthcare Medicare $682.36 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare Community Plan $760.67 ↓ -22%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $775.07 ↓ -21%
Aetna Better Health $833.08 ↓ -15%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,170.72 ↑ +20%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $1,331.27 ↑ +36%
Amerihealth Local Value $1,732.81 ↑ +77%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $2,080.03 ↑ +113%
Cigna Local Plus $2,101.00 ↑ +115%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $2,344.98 ↑ +140%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,445.00 ↑ +150%
First Health Commercial $2,468.40 ↑ +152%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $2,626.78 ↑ +169%
Cigna HMO $2,670.00 ↑ +173%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,751.00 ↑ +181%
Cigna PPO $2,812.00 ↑ +188%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,877.00 ↑ +194%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $3,013.50 ↑ +208%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $3,153.38 ↑ +222%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $3,159.55 ↑ +223%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $3,186.29 ↑ +226%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,236.00 ↑ +231%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $3,369.36 ↑ +245%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $3,923.93 ↑ +301%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $3,995.10 ↑ +309%
Aetna HMO $5,398.00 ↑ +452%
Aetna PPO $5,398.00 ↑ +452%

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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 $1,389.00 $31.08 – $1,373.52
Community Medical Center Toms River $853.24 $31.82 – $1,331.27
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $1,295.23 $30.70 – $1,366.65
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $1,365.40 $56.35 – $1,373.52
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $854.88 $33.70 – $1,434.55
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $900.14 $61.40 – $1,348.30
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $677.54 $677.54 – $813.05
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $720.88 $576.70 – $756.93

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