Acid perfusion of esophagus 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

$176.82

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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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$829.00

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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$43.79 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $4,370.00 with Aetna — 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
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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
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $43.79 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Community Plan $112.57 ↓ -36%
Aetna Better Health $123.27 ↓ -30%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $132.64 ↓ -25%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $136.33 ↓ -23%
Amerihealth Local Value $290.06 ↑ +64%
Qualcare Inc PPO $315.02 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $315.02 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc WC $315.02 ↑ +78%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $397.58 ↑ +125%
Cigna PPO $400.73 ↑ +127%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $436.88 ↑ +147%
First Health Commercial $497.40 ↑ +181%
Cigna HMO $513.48 ↑ +190%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $601.77 ↑ +240%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $615.67 ↑ +248%
Humana Medicare $615.67 ↑ +248%
Aetna Medicare $615.67 ↑ +248%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $615.67 ↑ +248%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $615.67 ↑ +248%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $615.67 ↑ +248%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $625.97 ↑ +254%
United Healthcare Medicare $627.98 ↑ +255%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $635.17 ↑ +259%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $641.14 ↑ +263%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $689.72 ↑ +290%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $1,225.18 ↑ +593%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,292.91 ↑ +631%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,929.00 ↑ +1556%
United Healthcare Nexus $3,093.00 ↑ +1649%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $3,446.00 ↑ +1849%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,639.00 ↑ +1958%
Aetna PPO $4,370.00 ↑ +2371%
Aetna HMO $4,370.00 ↑ +2371%

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Acid perfusion of esophagus at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $155.60 $75.55 – $1,159.76
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $175.66 $48.14 – $1,190.58
Community Medical Center Toms River $171.93 $49.30 – $1,153.96
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $164.88 $47.56 – $1,184.63
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $172.68 $77.77 – $1,190.58
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $172.26 $52.20 – $1,243.49
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $181.38 $95.12 – $1,168.73
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $587.30 $587.30 – $704.76

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