Chg radiologic exam esophagus double contrast at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
1 Robert Wood Johnson Pl, New Brunswick, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1346243375
$213.08
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.
$999.00
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.
$80.15 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $831.16 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 | $80.15 | ↓ -62% |
| Wellpoint | NJ Family Care | $88.99 | ↓ -58% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $93.70 | ↓ -56% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $93.70 | ↓ -56% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $135.66 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $148.55 | ↓ -30% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $159.84 | ↓ -25% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Advantage | $206.56 | ↓ -3% |
| Humana | Medicare | $206.56 | ↓ -3% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $206.56 | ↓ -3% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Medicare Advantage | $206.56 | ↓ -3% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $206.56 | ↓ -3% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $206.56 | ↓ -3% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $210.69 | ↓ -1% |
| Aetna | PPO | $213.13 | ↑ +0% |
| Aetna | HMO | $213.13 | ↑ +0% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $241.66 | ↑ +13% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $241.66 | ↑ +13% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $287.91 | ↑ +35% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $287.91 | ↑ +35% |
| Qualcare Inc | WC | $379.62 | ↑ +78% |
| Qualcare Inc | PPO | $379.62 | ↑ +78% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS | $379.62 | ↑ +78% |
| Cigna | HMO | $401.01 | ↑ +88% |
| Cigna | PPO | $401.01 | ↑ +88% |
| Wellcare | Ambetter Health Commercial | $411.05 | ↑ +93% |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | $433.78 | ↑ +104% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $526.47 | ↑ +147% |
| First Health | Commercial | $599.40 | ↑ +181% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $725.17 | ↑ +240% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $754.34 | ↑ +254% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $765.43 | ↑ +259% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $772.62 | ↑ +263% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $831.16 | ↑ +290% |
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Chg radiologic exam esophagus double contrast at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $227.68 | $56.99 – $401.01 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $211.68 | $80.15 – $401.01 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $251.57 | $80.15 – $401.01 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $201.88 | $80.15 – $401.01 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $208.09 | $58.66 – $401.01 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $252.06 | $73.75 – $417.20 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $265.40 | $80.15 – $401.01 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $197.04 | $133.27 – $483.42 |