Ablation cardiac vagal inputs atrium 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

$354.29

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.

$1,661.00

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.

$23.76 with United Healthcare vs $3,639.00 with United Healthcare — 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
United Healthcare Community Plan $23.76 ↓ -93%
Aetna Better Health $26.02 ↓ -93%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $28.00 ↓ -92%
Amerihealth Local Value $61.23 ↓ -83%
Qualcare Inc WC $66.50 ↓ -81%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $66.50 ↓ -81%
Qualcare Inc PPO $66.50 ↓ -81%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $83.93 ↓ -76%
Cigna PPO $84.59 ↓ -76%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $92.22 ↓ -74%
First Health Commercial $105.00 ↓ -70%
Cigna HMO $108.39 ↓ -69%
Aetna HMO $115.50 ↓ -67%
Aetna PPO $115.50 ↓ -67%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $127.03 ↓ -64%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $132.14 ↓ -63%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $134.08 ↓ -62%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $135.34 ↓ -62%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $135.59 ↓ -62%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $145.60 ↓ -59%
Humana Medicare $181.54 ↓ -49%
Aetna Medicare $181.54 ↓ -49%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $181.54 ↓ -49%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $181.54 ↓ -49%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $181.54 ↓ -49%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $181.54 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Medicare $185.17 ↓ -48%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $361.26 ↑ +2%
Emblem Health Commercial $381.23 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,929.00 ↑ +727%
United Healthcare Nexus $3,093.00 ↑ +773%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $3,446.00 ↑ +873%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,639.00 ↑ +927%

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Ablation cardiac vagal inputs atrium at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $677.22 $170.99 – $341.98
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $764.53 $175.54 – $351.08
Community Medical Center Toms River $244.73 $170.99 – $340.27
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $574.22 $175.54 – $349.32
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $751.54 $175.54 – $351.08
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $749.74 $184.26 – $366.68
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $789.43 $173.18 – $344.63
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $184.26 $147.41 – $193.47

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