Cath left heart transseptal punc at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
1 Robert Wood Johnson Pl, New Brunswick, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1346243375
$1,807.29
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.
$8,473.00
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.
$65.73 with Wellpoint vs $22,386.00 with Qualcare Inc — 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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| Wellpoint | NJ Family Care | $65.73 | ↓ -96% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $1,150.63 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $1,259.93 | ↓ -30% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $1,355.68 | ↓ -25% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $2,929.00 | ↑ +62% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $3,093.00 | ↑ +71% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $3,446.00 | ↑ +91% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $3,639.00 | ↑ +101% |
| Cigna | PPO | $4,095.84 | ↑ +127% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $4,465.27 | ↑ +147% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $4,546.00 | ↑ +152% |
| First Health | Commercial | $5,083.80 | ↑ +181% |
| Cigna | HMO | $5,248.17 | ↑ +190% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $6,150.55 | ↑ +240% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $6,397.96 | ↑ +254% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $6,492.01 | ↑ +259% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $6,553.01 | ↑ +263% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $7,049.53 | ↑ +290% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS | $9,098.00 | ↑ +403% |
| Qualcare Inc | PPO | $10,939.00 | ↑ +505% |
| Aetna | HMO | $17,479.00 | ↑ +867% |
| Aetna | PPO | $17,479.00 | ↑ +867% |
| Qualcare Inc | WC | $22,386.00 | ↑ +1139% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | not published by hospital | — |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | not published by hospital | — |
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Cath left heart transseptal punc at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $1,175.18 | $102.05 – $6,086.60 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $1,764.92 | $105.05 – $105.05 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $1,301.03 | $132.07 – $132.07 |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset | Somerville | $1,034.95 | $108.05 – $108.05 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | not published | not published |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | not published | $341.15 – $341.15 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | not published | $333.46 – $14,806.00 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | not published | $341.15 – $14,806.00 |