Access thoracic lymph duct 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

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.

$948.00

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.

$94.20 with Wellpoint 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
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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
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $94.20 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Community Plan $128.73 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health $140.96 ↓ -98%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $151.68 ↓ -97%
Amerihealth Local Value $331.70 ↓ -94%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $344.28 ↓ -94%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $454.66 ↓ -92%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $499.59 ↓ -91%
First Health Commercial $568.80 ↓ -90%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $688.15 ↓ -88%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $715.83 ↓ -88%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $726.35 ↓ -87%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $733.18 ↓ -87%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $788.73 ↓ -86%
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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Access thoracic lymph duct at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset Somerville $6,311.00 $150.04 – $344.28
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth not published $141.71 – $380.41
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston not published $378.48 – $378.48
Community Medical Center Toms River not published $387.60 – $387.60
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville not published $373.92 – $373.92
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark not published $145.88 – $686.28
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City not published $183.39 – $410.40
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch not published $747.84 – $747.84

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