Air conduction bilat 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

$97.69

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.

$458.00

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.

$33.10 with Wellpoint vs $381.05 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
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $33.10 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Community Plan $62.19 ↓ -36%
Aetna Better Health $68.10 ↓ -30%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $73.28 ↓ -25%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $89.09 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $149.57 ↑ +53%
Humana Medicare $149.57 ↑ +53%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $149.57 ↑ +53%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $149.57 ↑ +53%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $149.57 ↑ +53%
Aetna Medicare $149.57 ↑ +53%
United Healthcare Medicare $152.56 ↑ +56%
Amerihealth Local Value $160.25 ↑ +64%
Qualcare Inc WC $174.04 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc PPO $174.04 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $174.04 ↑ +78%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $219.65 ↑ +125%
Cigna PPO $221.39 ↑ +127%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $241.36 ↑ +147%
First Health Commercial $274.80 ↑ +181%
United Healthcare Nexus $282.00 ↑ +189%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $282.00 ↑ +189%
Cigna HMO $283.68 ↑ +190%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $297.64 ↑ +205%
Aetna PPO $302.28 ↑ +209%
Aetna HMO $302.28 ↑ +209%
Emblem Health Commercial $314.10 ↑ +222%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $332.00 ↑ +240%
United Healthcare Commercial $332.00 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $332.46 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $345.83 ↑ +254%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $350.91 ↑ +259%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $354.21 ↑ +263%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $381.05 ↑ +290%

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Air conduction bilat at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $97.05 $97.94 – $289.24
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $114.50 $128.62 – $394.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $95.40 $20.59 – $289.24
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $57.14 $25.89 – $302.08
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $142.67 $142.67 – $465.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $151.80 $69.19 – $487.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $140.87 $65.35 – $499.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $142.80 $69.19 – $627.00

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