Augumentation percutaneous vertebral including cavity creation 1 vertebral body thoracic 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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$17,562.00

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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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$2,384.91 with United Healthcare vs $17,406.92 with Emblem Health — 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
United Healthcare Community Plan $2,384.91 ↓ -58%
Aetna Better Health $2,611.46 ↓ -55%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $2,809.92 ↓ -51%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $4,008.64 ↓ -30%
Amerihealth Local Value $6,144.94 ↑ +7%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $6,617.74 ↑ +15%
Aetna PPO $7,865.00 ↑ +37%
Aetna HMO $7,865.00 ↑ +37%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $8,289.01 ↑ +44%
Humana Medicare $8,289.01 ↑ +44%
Aetna Medicare $8,289.01 ↑ +44%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $8,289.01 ↑ +44%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $8,289.01 ↑ +44%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $8,289.01 ↑ +44%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $8,422.73 ↑ +47%
United Healthcare Medicare $8,454.79 ↑ +47%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $8,503.00 ↑ +48%
United Healthcare Nexus $8,979.00 ↑ +56%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $9,255.17 ↑ +61%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $10,004.00 ↑ +74%
First Health Commercial $10,537.20 ↑ +84%
Cigna HMO $10,545.98 ↑ +84%
United Healthcare Commercial $10,563.00 ↑ +84%
Cigna PPO $11,107.96 ↑ +93%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $12,748.25 ↑ +122%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $13,261.06 ↑ +131%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $13,456.00 ↑ +134%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $13,582.45 ↑ +137%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $14,611.58 ↑ +155%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $16,495.13 ↑ +187%
Emblem Health Commercial $17,406.92 ↑ +203%
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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Augumentation percutaneous vertebral including cavity creation 1 vertebral body thoracic at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $1,978.15 – $15,614.48
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $7,275.13 – $16,029.38
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $7,450.44 – $15,536.41
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $7,187.48 – $15,949.23
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $3,029.86 – $16,029.38
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $3,808.97 – $16,741.65
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $7,907.11 – $15,735.15
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $7,907.11 $7,907.11 – $9,488.53

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