Ablation of upper extremity nerves rf 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

$5,741.00

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$1,289.00

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.

$175.04 with United Healthcare vs $4,370.00 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

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 $175.04 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health $191.67 ↓ -97%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $206.24 ↓ -96%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $342.51 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare $342.51 ↓ -94%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $342.51 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare $342.51 ↓ -94%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $342.51 ↓ -94%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $342.51 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicare $349.36 ↓ -94%
Amerihealth Local Value $451.02 ↓ -92%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $522.93 ↓ -91%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $618.20 ↓ -89%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $679.30 ↓ -88%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $681.59 ↓ -88%
Emblem Health Commercial $719.27 ↓ -87%
First Health Commercial $773.40 ↓ -87%
Cigna HMO $774.04 ↓ -87%
Cigna PPO $815.29 ↓ -86%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $935.68 ↓ -84%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $973.32 ↓ -83%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $987.63 ↓ -83%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $996.91 ↓ -83%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,072.44 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,929.00 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Nexus $3,093.00 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $3,446.00 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,639.00 ↓ -37%
Aetna PPO $4,370.00 ↓ -24%
Aetna HMO $4,370.00 ↓ -24%
Qualcare Inc PPO not published by hospital
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS not published by hospital
Qualcare Inc WC not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $322.61 – $912.99
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $331.18 – $662.36
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