Autologous blood process at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
1 Robert Wood Johnson Pl, New Brunswick, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1346243375
$185.57
Cash price 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.
$870.00
Gross charge 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.
$49.28 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $723.84 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $49.28 | ↓ -73% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $60.21 | ↓ -68% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $60.21 | ↓ -68% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $73.91 | ↓ -60% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $73.91 | ↓ -60% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $78.75 | ↓ -58% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $78.93 | ↓ -57% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $78.93 | ↓ -57% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $90.00 | ↓ -52% |
| Wellpoint | NJ Family Care | $104.63 | ↓ -44% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $109.76 | ↓ -41% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $109.76 | ↓ -41% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $109.76 | ↓ -41% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $109.76 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $129.36 | ↓ -30% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $198.83 | ↑ +7% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $198.83 | ↑ +7% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Medicare Advantage | $198.83 | ↑ +7% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $198.83 | ↑ +7% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Advantage | $198.83 | ↑ +7% |
| Humana | Medicare | $198.83 | ↑ +7% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $202.81 | ↑ +9% |
| Qualcare Inc | WC | $330.60 | ↑ +78% |
| Qualcare Inc | PPO | $330.60 | ↑ +78% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS | $330.60 | ↑ +78% |
| Cigna | HMO | $381.88 | ↑ +106% |
| Cigna | PPO | $381.88 | ↑ +106% |
| Wellcare | Ambetter Health Commercial | $395.67 | ↑ +113% |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | $417.54 | ↑ +125% |
| First Health | Commercial | $522.00 | ↑ +181% |
| Aetna | HMO | $574.20 | ↑ +209% |
| Aetna | PPO | $574.20 | ↑ +209% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $656.93 | ↑ +254% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $723.84 | ↑ +290% |
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Autologous blood process at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $163.29 | $73.91 – $381.88 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $184.35 | $49.28 – $384.50 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $180.43 | $49.28 – $381.88 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $66.03 | $49.28 – $382.58 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $181.22 | $49.28 – $384.50 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $189.67 | $109.55 – $306.15 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $201.80 | $44.68 – $344.49 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $187.28 | $82.50 – $306.15 |