C-peptide at Childrens Specialized Hospital

150 New Providence Rd, Mountainside, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1396886297

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

$108.00

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.

$216.00

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.

$16.65 with Fidelis Care vs $211.68 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
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $16.65 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Community Plan $17.15 ↓ -84%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $21.60 ↓ -80%
First Health Commercial $129.60 ↑ +20%
Cigna HMO $130.09 ↑ +20%
Cigna PPO $130.09 ↑ +20%
Emblem Health Commercial $146.88 ↑ +36%
Amerihealth Local Value $163.64 ↑ +52%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $163.64 ↑ +52%
Aetna Better Health $165.15 ↑ +53%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $165.15 ↑ +53%
Aetna PPO $166.32 ↑ +54%
Aetna HMO $166.32 ↑ +54%
Qualcare Inc HMO $168.48 ↑ +56%
Qualcare Inc PPO $168.48 ↑ +56%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $211.68 ↑ +96%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $211.68 ↑ +96%

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C-peptide at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $22.89 $9.78 – $98.60
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $22.89 $9.78 – $85.45
Community Medical Center Toms River $22.89 $9.78 – $85.45
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $22.89 $9.78 – $85.45
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $22.89 $9.78 – $85.45
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $22.89 $9.78 – $85.45
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $22.89 $9.78 – $85.45
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $20.81 $20.81 – $95.36

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