Low cost skin substitute app at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

201 Lyons Ave, Newark, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1215027966

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

$992.34

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.

$4,764.00

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.

$143.88 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $4,908.00 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 $143.88 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare $686.76 ↓ -31%
Aetna Medicare $686.76 ↓ -31%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $686.76 ↓ -31%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $686.76 ↓ -31%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $686.76 ↓ -31%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $686.76 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare Medicare $700.50 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Community Plan $1,081.90 ↑ +9%
Aetna Better Health $1,185.28 ↑ +19%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $1,236.73 ↑ +25%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $1,366.65 ↑ +38%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,373.52 ↑ +38%
Cigna Local Plus $1,519.00 ↑ +53%
Amerihealth Local Value $1,764.10 ↑ +78%
Cigna HMO $1,930.00 ↑ +94%
Cigna PPO $2,033.00 ↑ +105%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $2,234.79 ↑ +125%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $2,482.99 ↑ +150%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,626.00 ↑ +165%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $2,715.48 ↑ +174%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,788.00 ↑ +181%
First Health Commercial $2,858.40 ↑ +188%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $3,089.00 ↑ +211%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $3,092.31 ↑ +212%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,280.00 ↑ +231%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $3,292.87 ↑ +232%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $3,323.84 ↑ +235%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $3,658.75 ↑ +269%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $3,901.71 ↑ +293%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $4,049.40 ↑ +308%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $4,446.24 ↑ +348%
Aetna PPO $4,908.00 ↑ +395%
Aetna HMO $4,908.00 ↑ +395%

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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 $1,009.49 $79.35 – $1,373.52
Community Medical Center Toms River $727.97 $81.26 – $1,331.27
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $585.36 $78.39 – $1,366.65
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $729.37 $86.04 – $1,434.55
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $767.98 $156.78 – $1,348.30
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $678.13 $95.60 – $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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