Caloric vstblr test w/rec at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
1 Robert Wood Johnson Pl, New Brunswick, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1346243375
$174.05
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.
$816.00
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.
$17.33 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $678.91 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.
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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| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $17.33 | ↓ -90% |
| Wellpoint | NJ Family Care | $74.69 | ↓ -57% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $110.81 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $121.33 | ↓ -30% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $130.56 | ↓ -25% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $181.54 | ↑ +4% |
| Humana | Medicare | $181.54 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $181.54 | ↑ +4% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Medicare Advantage | $181.54 | ↑ +4% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $181.54 | ↑ +4% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Advantage | $181.54 | ↑ +4% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $185.17 | ↑ +6% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $214.60 | ↑ +23% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $214.60 | ↑ +23% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $252.14 | ↑ +45% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $252.14 | ↑ +45% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $285.51 | ↑ +64% |
| Qualcare Inc | WC | $310.08 | ↑ +78% |
| Qualcare Inc | PPO | $310.08 | ↑ +78% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS | $310.08 | ↑ +78% |
| Wellcare | Ambetter Health Commercial | $361.26 | ↑ +108% |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | $381.23 | ↑ +119% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $391.35 | ↑ +125% |
| Cigna | PPO | $394.45 | ↑ +127% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $430.03 | ↑ +147% |
| First Health | Commercial | $489.60 | ↑ +181% |
| Cigna | HMO | $505.43 | ↑ +190% |
| Aetna | HMO | $538.56 | ↑ +209% |
| Aetna | PPO | $538.56 | ↑ +209% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $592.33 | ↑ +240% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $616.16 | ↑ +254% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $625.21 | ↑ +259% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $631.09 | ↑ +263% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $678.91 | ↑ +290% |
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Caloric vstblr test w/rec at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $172.91 | $19.06 – $351.08 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $93.68 | $18.83 – $349.32 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $124.27 | $37.65 – $344.63 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $173.18 | $173.18 – $465.00 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $184.26 | $38.88 – $487.00 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $170.99 | $37.38 – $499.00 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $173.33 | $22.96 – $627.00 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $173.18 | $37.38 – $443.00 |