Low cost skin substitute app at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway

865 Stone St, Rahway, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1861486870

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

$703.56

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.

$5,454.00

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.

$84.69 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $7,403.00 with Cigna — 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 $84.69 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Community Plan $604.30 ↓ -14%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $621.21 ↓ -12%
Aetna Better Health $661.57 ↓ -6%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $1,999.13 ↑ +184%
Aetna Medicare $1,999.13 ↑ +184%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $1,999.13 ↑ +184%
Humana Medicare $1,999.13 ↑ +184%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $1,999.13 ↑ +184%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $1,999.13 ↑ +184%
United Healthcare Medicare $2,039.11 ↑ +190%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $2,083.42 ↑ +196%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $2,709.54 ↑ +285%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $2,735.18 ↑ +289%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $2,788.08 ↑ +296%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $2,976.24 ↑ +323%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $3,003.51 ↑ +327%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $3,090.00 ↑ +339%
First Health Commercial $3,272.40 ↑ +365%
Emblem Health Commercial $3,498.48 ↑ +397%
United Healthcare Nexus $3,627.00 ↑ +416%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $3,635.00 ↑ +417%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC $3,665.08 ↑ +421%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $3,978.27 ↑ +465%
United Healthcare Commercial $4,267.00 ↑ +506%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $5,454.00 ↑ +675%
Amerihealth Local Value $5,454.00 ↑ +675%
Cigna Local Plus $5,532.00 ↑ +686%
Aetna PPO $6,117.00 ↑ +769%
Aetna HMO $6,117.00 ↑ +769%
Cigna HMO $7,029.00 ↑ +899%
Cigna PPO $7,403.00 ↑ +952%

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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 $904.81 $72.84 – $4,104.50
Community Medical Center Toms River $885.59 $74.60 – $3,978.27
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $1,084.80 $71.96 – $4,083.98
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $889.44 $132.08 – $4,104.50
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $887.30 $78.98 – $4,286.88
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $934.27 $143.93 – $4,029.15
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $2,024.70 $2,024.70 – $2,429.64
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $2,154.21 $1,723.37 – $2,261.92

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