Boot j walker l at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
1 Robert Wood Johnson Pl, New Brunswick, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1346243375
$17.40
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.
$81.59
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.
$11.07 with United Healthcare vs $391.50 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.
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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| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $11.07 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $12.13 | ↓ -30% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $13.05 | ↓ -25% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $23.33 | ↑ +34% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $23.33 | ↑ +34% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $23.33 | ↑ +34% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $23.33 | ↑ +34% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $23.33 | ↑ +34% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $23.33 | ↑ +34% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $23.33 | ↑ +34% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $23.33 | ↑ +34% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $23.33 | ↑ +34% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $23.33 | ↑ +34% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $23.33 | ↑ +34% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $26.92 | ↑ +55% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $26.92 | ↑ +55% |
| Cigna | HMO | $27.74 | ↑ +59% |
| Aetna | PPO | $27.74 | ↑ +59% |
| Cigna | PPO | $27.74 | ↑ +59% |
| Aetna | HMO | $27.74 | ↑ +59% |
| Qualcare Inc | WC | $31.00 | ↑ +78% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS | $31.00 | ↑ +78% |
| Qualcare Inc | PPO | $31.00 | ↑ +78% |
| First Health | Commercial | $48.95 | ↑ +181% |
| Wellpoint | NJ Family Care | $151.68 | ↑ +772% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $186.43 | ↑ +971% |
| Humana | Medicare | $186.43 | ↑ +971% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $186.43 | ↑ +971% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Advantage | $186.43 | ↑ +971% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $186.43 | ↑ +971% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Medicare Advantage | $186.43 | ↑ +971% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $190.16 | ↑ +993% |
| Wellcare | Ambetter Health Commercial | $371.00 | ↑ +2032% |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | $391.50 | ↑ +2150% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Boot j walker l at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $15.31 | $101.65 – $371.00 |
| Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus | Lakewood | $13.85 | $186.43 – $371.00 |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset | Somerville | $13.78 | $107.63 – $371.00 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | not published | $74.75 – $295.51 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | not published | $147.53 – $289.40 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | not published | $295.51 – $475.17 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | not published | $147.53 – $295.51 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | not published | $147.53 – $289.40 |