Membrane collgn porcine maci w/autologous cult chondrocytes at Community Medical Center

99 NJ-37, Toms River, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1013010917

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

$26,770.47

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$129,076.53

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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.

$16,315.27 with Fidelis Care vs $118,092.11 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $16,315.27 ↓ -39%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $60,422.34 ↑ +126%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $60,422.34 ↑ +126%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $60,422.34 ↑ +126%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $60,422.34 ↑ +126%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $60,422.34 ↑ +126%
Amerihealth Local Value $64,972.22 ↑ +143%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $64,972.22 ↑ +143%
Aetna HMO $74,253.96 ↑ +177%
Aetna PPO $74,253.96 ↑ +177%
United Healthcare Commercial $76,437.90 ↑ +186%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $76,437.90 ↑ +186%
Cigna Local Plus $76,671.45 ↑ +186%
First Health Commercial $77,445.91 ↑ +189%
Cigna HMO $97,426.96 ↑ +264%
Cigna PPO $102,615.84 ↑ +283%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $109,715.05 ↑ +310%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $118,092.11 ↑ +341%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC not published by hospital
Aetna Better Health not published by hospital
Wellpoint NJ Family Care not published by hospital
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS not published by hospital

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Membrane collgn porcine maci w/autologous cult chondrocytes at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $33,918.73 $53,220.16 – $444,067.80
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $27,351.31 $60,422.34 – $76,437.90
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $25,673.32 $60,422.34 – $76,437.90
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $26,886.64 $60,422.34 – $76,437.90
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $26,822.10 $60,422.34 – $76,437.90
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $28,241.94 $60,422.34 – $76,437.90
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton Hamilton Township $29,617.90 $60,422.34 – $76,437.90
Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus Lakewood $30,681.49 $60,422.34 – $76,437.90

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