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

110 Rehill Ave, Somerville, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1003236878

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

$497.36

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.

$2,943.00

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.

$72.18 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $5,486.00 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 $72.18 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Community Plan $425.26 ↓ -14%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $437.32 ↓ -12%
Aetna Better Health $465.58 ↓ -6%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $668.98 ↑ +35%
Humana Medicare $668.98 ↑ +35%
Aetna Medicare $668.98 ↑ +35%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $668.98 ↑ +35%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $668.98 ↑ +35%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $668.98 ↑ +35%
United Healthcare Medicare $682.36 ↑ +37%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,170.72 ↑ +135%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $1,331.27 ↑ +168%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,719.30 ↑ +246%
First Health Commercial $1,765.80 ↑ +255%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $2,041.85 ↑ +311%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $2,148.39 ↑ +332%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $2,169.28 ↑ +336%
Qualcare Inc HMO/PPO/WC $2,236.68 ↑ +350%
Cigna Local Plus $2,363.00 ↑ +375%
Amerihealth Local Value $2,375.29 ↑ +378%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $2,692.25 ↑ +441%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $2,692.25 ↑ +441%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $2,740.22 ↑ +451%
Cigna HMO $3,003.00 ↑ +504%
Cigna PPO $3,163.00 ↑ +536%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $3,392.00 ↑ +582%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $4,026.00 ↑ +709%
United Healthcare Nexus $4,282.00 ↑ +761%
United Healthcare Commercial $4,875.00 ↑ +880%
Aetna PPO $5,486.00 ↑ +1003%
Aetna HMO $5,486.00 ↑ +1003%

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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
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $992.34 $143.88 – $1,373.52
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
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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