Abdominal Ultrasound (limited) at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

1 Robert Wood Johnson Pl, New Brunswick, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1346243375

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

$200.92

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.

$942.00

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.

$72.16 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $783.74 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
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $72.16 ↓ -64%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $76.00 ↓ -62%
Amerihealth Local Value $116.08 ↓ -42%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $116.08 ↓ -42%
Aetna Medicare $123.39 ↓ -39%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $123.39 ↓ -39%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $123.39 ↓ -39%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $123.39 ↓ -39%
Humana Medicare $123.39 ↓ -39%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $123.39 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare Medicare $125.86 ↓ -37%
United Healthcare Community Plan $127.92 ↓ -36%
Aetna Better Health $140.07 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare Nexus $143.22 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $143.22 ↓ -29%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $150.72 ↓ -25%
Aetna HMO $167.65 ↓ -17%
Aetna PPO $167.65 ↓ -17%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $174.50 ↓ -13%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $174.50 ↓ -13%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $174.50 ↓ -13%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $174.50 ↓ -13%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $177.09 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare Commercial $177.09 ↓ -12%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $245.55 ↑ +22%
Emblem Health Commercial $259.12 ↑ +29%
Cigna HMO $310.70 ↑ +55%
Cigna PPO $310.70 ↑ +55%
Qualcare Inc WC $357.96 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc PPO $357.96 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $357.96 ↑ +78%
First Health Commercial $565.20 ↑ +181%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $711.30 ↑ +254%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $783.74 ↑ +290%

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Abdominal Ultrasound (limited) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $176.81 $45.18 – $310.70
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $199.60 $72.16 – $310.70
Community Medical Center Toms River $195.37 $72.16 – $310.70
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $187.36 $72.16 – $310.70
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $354.00 $44.00 – $44.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $196.21 $46.50 – $310.70
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $195.74 $58.46 – $310.70
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $206.10 $72.16 – $310.70

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