Bone marrow interpretation 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

$260.22

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.

$1,220.00

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.

$13.27 with Wellpoint vs $1,990.53 with Emblem Health — 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 $13.27 ↓ -95%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $39.36 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Community Plan $58.50 ↓ -78%
Aetna HMO $62.01 ↓ -76%
Aetna PPO $62.01 ↓ -76%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $66.85 ↓ -74%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $76.27 ↓ -71%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $76.27 ↓ -71%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $76.27 ↓ -71%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $76.27 ↓ -71%
Amerihealth Local Value $102.47 ↓ -61%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $102.47 ↓ -61%
Cigna PPO $102.71 ↓ -61%
Cigna HMO $102.71 ↓ -61%
Aetna Better Health $181.41 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $345.51 ↑ +33%
United Healthcare Commercial $345.51 ↑ +33%
United Healthcare Nexus $364.96 ↑ +40%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $364.96 ↑ +40%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $463.60 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc WC $463.60 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc PPO $463.60 ↑ +78%
First Health Commercial $732.00 ↑ +181%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $921.22 ↑ +254%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $947.87 ↑ +264%
Humana Medicare $947.87 ↑ +264%
Aetna Medicare $947.87 ↑ +264%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $947.87 ↑ +264%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $947.87 ↑ +264%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $947.87 ↑ +264%
United Healthcare Medicare $966.83 ↑ +272%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,015.04 ↑ +290%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $1,886.26 ↑ +625%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,990.53 ↑ +665%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $198.77 $56.82 – $1,785.54
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $258.51 $39.36 – $1,833.00
Community Medical Center Toms River $219.63 $39.36 – $1,776.61
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Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $220.06 $39.36 – $1,914.44
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $231.70 $39.36 – $1,799.34
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $904.19 $90.99 – $1,346.75

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