Brachytx isodose complex 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

$940.01

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.

$4,407.00

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.

$66.56 with Wellpoint vs $3,666.62 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey — 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 $66.56 ↓ -93%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $253.48 ↓ -73%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $424.76 ↓ -55%
Aetna Medicare $424.76 ↓ -55%
Humana Medicare $424.76 ↓ -55%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $424.76 ↓ -55%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $424.76 ↓ -55%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $424.76 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Medicare $433.26 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Community Plan $598.47 ↓ -36%
Aetna Better Health $655.32 ↓ -30%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $705.12 ↓ -25%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $845.27 ↓ -10%
Aetna PPO $881.00 ↓ -6%
Aetna HMO $881.00 ↓ -6%
Emblem Health Commercial $892.00 ↓ -5%
Amerihealth Local Value $1,542.00 ↑ +64%
Qualcare Inc WC $1,674.66 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc PPO $1,674.66 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $1,674.66 ↑ +78%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $2,113.59 ↑ +125%
Cigna PPO $2,130.34 ↑ +127%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $2,322.48 ↑ +147%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,568.00 ↑ +173%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,568.00 ↑ +173%
First Health Commercial $2,644.20 ↑ +181%
Cigna HMO $2,729.69 ↑ +190%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,021.00 ↑ +221%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $3,021.00 ↑ +221%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $3,199.04 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $3,327.72 ↑ +254%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $3,376.64 ↑ +259%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $3,408.37 ↑ +263%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $3,666.62 ↑ +290%

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Brachytx isodose complex at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $588.62 $238.72 – $800.14
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $933.84 $253.48 – $821.40
Community Medical Center Toms River $650.40 $253.48 – $796.14
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $365.77 $253.48 – $817.29
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $917.97 $245.74 – $821.40
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $686.15 $253.48 – $806.33
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $405.19 $405.19 – $2,774.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $431.11 $229.78 – $3,250.00

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