Chemo adm cns w/lmbr punct 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

$581.45

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.

$2,726.00

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.

$88.93 with Wellpoint vs $2,268.03 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 $88.93 ↓ -85%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $110.04 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Community Plan $370.19 ↓ -36%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $384.87 ↓ -34%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $384.87 ↓ -34%
Aetna Medicare $384.87 ↓ -34%
Humana Medicare $384.87 ↓ -34%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $384.87 ↓ -34%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $384.87 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare Medicare $392.57 ↓ -32%
Aetna Better Health $405.35 ↓ -30%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $436.16 ↓ -25%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $765.89 ↑ +32%
Emblem Health Commercial $808.23 ↑ +39%
Amerihealth Local Value $953.82 ↑ +64%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $1,035.88 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc PPO $1,035.88 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc WC $1,035.88 ↑ +78%
Aetna HMO $1,123.00 ↑ +93%
Aetna PPO $1,123.00 ↑ +93%
Cigna HMO $1,251.23 ↑ +115%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $1,307.38 ↑ +125%
Cigna PPO $1,317.74 ↑ +127%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,436.60 ↑ +147%
First Health Commercial $1,635.60 ↑ +181%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $1,780.00 ↑ +206%
United Healthcare Nexus $1,780.00 ↑ +206%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $1,978.80 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $2,058.40 ↑ +254%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $2,088.66 ↑ +259%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,094.00 ↑ +260%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,094.00 ↑ +260%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $2,108.28 ↑ +263%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $2,268.03 ↑ +290%

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Chemo adm cns w/lmbr punct at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $561.22 $83.47 – $725.00
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $577.63 $110.04 – $1,387.00
Community Medical Center Toms River $620.12 $110.04 – $1,387.00
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Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $654.21 $110.04 – $1,387.00
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $367.13 $367.13 – $1,576.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $390.62 $127.73 – $3,250.00
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