Analgesics non-opioid definitive assay 1 or 2 acetaminophen 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

$25.59

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.

$120.00

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.

$17.30 with United Healthcare vs $99.84 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
United Healthcare Community Plan $17.30 ↓ -32%
Aetna Better Health $17.84 ↓ -30%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $19.78 ↓ -23%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $21.60 ↓ -16%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $28.40 ↑ +11%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $28.40 ↑ +11%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $28.40 ↑ +11%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $28.40 ↑ +11%
Amerihealth Local Value $41.98 ↑ +64%
Qualcare Inc PPO $45.60 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc WC $45.60 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $45.60 ↑ +78%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $57.55 ↑ +125%
Cigna PPO $58.00 ↑ +127%
First Health Commercial $72.00 ↑ +181%
Cigna HMO $74.32 ↑ +190%
Aetna PPO $79.20 ↑ +209%
Aetna HMO $79.20 ↑ +209%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $90.61 ↑ +254%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $99.84 ↑ +290%

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Analgesics non-opioid definitive assay 1 or 2 acetaminophen at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $21.58 $8.78 – $17.30
Community Medical Center Toms River $23.85 $17.30 – $28.40
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $25.16 $17.30 – $28.40
Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus Lakewood $27.33 $17.30 – $28.40
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset Somerville $8.11 $17.30 – $28.40
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston not published $17.30 – $28.40
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville not published $17.30 – $28.40
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark not published $17.30 – $28.40

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