Boot mlti podous univ xlg 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

$17.87

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.

$83.79

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.

$11.37 with United Healthcare vs $414.35 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
United Healthcare Community Plan $11.37 ↓ -36%
Aetna Better Health $12.45 ↓ -30%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $13.40 ↓ -25%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $23.96 ↑ +34%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $23.96 ↑ +34%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $23.96 ↑ +34%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $23.96 ↑ +34%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $23.96 ↑ +34%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $23.96 ↑ +34%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $23.96 ↑ +34%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $23.96 ↑ +34%
United Healthcare Nexus $23.96 ↑ +34%
United Healthcare Commercial $23.96 ↑ +34%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $23.96 ↑ +34%
Amerihealth Local Value $27.65 ↑ +55%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $27.65 ↑ +55%
Cigna HMO $28.48 ↑ +59%
Aetna PPO $28.48 ↑ +59%
Cigna PPO $28.48 ↑ +59%
Aetna HMO $28.48 ↑ +59%
Qualcare Inc WC $31.84 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $31.84 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc PPO $31.84 ↑ +78%
First Health Commercial $50.27 ↑ +181%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $160.54 ↑ +798%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $197.31 ↑ +1004%
Humana Medicare $197.31 ↑ +1004%
Aetna Medicare $197.31 ↑ +1004%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $197.31 ↑ +1004%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $197.31 ↑ +1004%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $197.31 ↑ +1004%
United Healthcare Medicare $201.26 ↑ +1026%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $392.65 ↑ +2097%
Emblem Health Commercial $414.35 ↑ +2219%

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