Brace fx hum ovr shldr sm 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

$53.75

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.

$252.00

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.

$34.22 with United Healthcare vs $876.44 with Wellpoint — 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 $34.22 ↓ -36%
Aetna Better Health $37.47 ↓ -30%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $40.32 ↓ -25%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $72.07 ↑ +34%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $72.07 ↑ +34%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $72.07 ↑ +34%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $72.07 ↑ +34%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $72.07 ↑ +34%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $72.07 ↑ +34%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $72.07 ↑ +34%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $72.07 ↑ +34%
United Healthcare Nexus $72.07 ↑ +34%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $72.07 ↑ +34%
United Healthcare Commercial $72.07 ↑ +34%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $83.16 ↑ +55%
Amerihealth Local Value $83.16 ↑ +55%
Aetna PPO $85.68 ↑ +59%
Aetna HMO $85.68 ↑ +59%
Cigna PPO $85.68 ↑ +59%
Cigna HMO $85.68 ↑ +59%
Qualcare Inc WC $95.76 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $95.76 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc PPO $95.76 ↑ +78%
First Health Commercial $151.20 ↑ +181%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $389.70 ↑ +625%
Humana Medicare $389.70 ↑ +625%
Aetna Medicare $389.70 ↑ +625%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $389.70 ↑ +625%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $389.70 ↑ +625%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $389.70 ↑ +625%
United Healthcare Medicare $397.49 ↑ +640%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $775.50 ↑ +1343%
Emblem Health Commercial $818.37 ↑ +1423%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $876.44 ↑ +1531%

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Brace fx hum ovr shldr sm at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $47.30 $166.43 – $775.50
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $38.14 $389.70 – $779.40
Community Medical Center Toms River $37.33 $389.70 – $775.50
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $35.80 $389.70 – $775.50
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $37.49 $171.33 – $775.50
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $37.40 $215.38 – $775.50
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $39.38 $389.70 – $775.50
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton Hamilton Township $41.30 $389.70 – $775.50

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