Brachy src nonstrand hdr ir-192 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

$284.06

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.

$1,331.78

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.

$153.18 with United Healthcare vs $834.29 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 $153.18 ↓ -46%
Aetna Better Health $167.73 ↓ -41%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $180.48 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $322.60 ↑ +14%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $322.60 ↑ +14%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $322.60 ↑ +14%
United Healthcare Nexus $322.60 ↑ +14%
United Healthcare Commercial $322.60 ↑ +14%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $322.60 ↑ +14%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $322.60 ↑ +14%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $322.60 ↑ +14%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $322.60 ↑ +14%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $322.60 ↑ +14%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $372.24 ↑ +31%
Amerihealth Local Value $372.24 ↑ +31%
Cigna HMO $383.52 ↑ +35%
Aetna HMO $383.52 ↑ +35%
Cigna PPO $383.52 ↑ +35%
Aetna PPO $383.52 ↑ +35%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $383.54 ↑ +35%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $397.28 ↑ +40%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $397.28 ↑ +40%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $397.28 ↑ +40%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $397.28 ↑ +40%
Humana Medicare $397.28 ↑ +40%
Aetna Medicare $397.28 ↑ +40%
United Healthcare Medicare $405.23 ↑ +43%
Qualcare Inc WC $406.08 ↑ +43%
Qualcare Inc PPO $406.08 ↑ +43%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $406.08 ↑ +43%
First Health Commercial $676.80 ↑ +138%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $790.59 ↑ +178%
Emblem Health Commercial $834.29 ↑ +194%

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Brachy src nonstrand hdr ir-192 at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $249.97 $374.19 – $744.64
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $201.57 $384.13 – $768.26
Community Medical Center Toms River $197.29 $374.19 – $744.64
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $189.20 $384.13 – $764.42
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $198.14 $384.13 – $764.42
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $197.67 $403.22 – $802.41
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $208.13 $378.98 – $754.17
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $379.31 $342.39 – $379.31

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