Bone/joint imaging ltd area 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

$383.72

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.

$1,799.00

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.

$98.40 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $1,496.76 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
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $98.40 ↓ -74%
Amerihealth Local Value $173.42 ↓ -55%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $173.42 ↓ -55%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $178.28 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Community Plan $244.30 ↓ -36%
Aetna Better Health $267.51 ↓ -30%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $287.84 ↓ -25%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $322.42 ↓ -16%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $322.42 ↓ -16%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $322.42 ↓ -16%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $322.42 ↓ -16%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $466.25 ↑ +22%
Humana Medicare $466.25 ↑ +22%
Aetna Medicare $466.25 ↑ +22%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $466.25 ↑ +22%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $466.25 ↑ +22%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $466.25 ↑ +22%
United Healthcare Medicare $475.58 ↑ +24%
Aetna PPO $493.45 ↑ +29%
Aetna HMO $493.45 ↑ +29%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $520.83 ↑ +36%
United Healthcare Nexus $520.83 ↑ +36%
United Healthcare Commercial $581.65 ↑ +52%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $581.65 ↑ +52%
Qualcare Inc WC $683.62 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc PPO $683.62 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $683.62 ↑ +78%
Cigna HMO $926.88 ↑ +142%
Cigna PPO $926.88 ↑ +142%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $927.84 ↑ +142%
Emblem Health Commercial $979.13 ↑ +155%
First Health Commercial $1,079.40 ↑ +181%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,358.42 ↑ +254%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,496.76 ↑ +290%

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Bone/joint imaging ltd area at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $349.12 $108.12 – $926.88
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $381.20 $98.40 – $926.88
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $192.53 $98.40 – $926.88
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $374.73 $98.40 – $926.88
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $444.77 $186.32 – $1,021.05
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $473.22 $89.20 – $1,166.24
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $439.15 $186.32 – $1,021.05
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $445.16 $220.55 – $1,081.39

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