Coombs indirect titer reference 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

$5.70

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.

$259.00

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.

$2.43 with United Healthcare vs $417.54 with Emblem Health — 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
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2.43 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Nexus $2.43 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2.85 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Commercial $2.85 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Community Plan $4.35 ↓ -24%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $4.97 ↓ -13%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $5.18 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $5.18 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $5.18 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $5.18 ↓ -9%
Aetna HMO $6.48 ↑ +14%
Aetna PPO $6.48 ↑ +14%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $8.20 ↑ +44%
Amerihealth Local Value $15.66 ↑ +175%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $15.66 ↑ +175%
Cigna PPO $21.37 ↑ +275%
Cigna HMO $21.37 ↑ +275%
Aetna Better Health $38.51 ↑ +576%
Qualcare Inc WC $98.42 ↑ +1627%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $98.42 ↑ +1627%
Qualcare Inc PPO $98.42 ↑ +1627%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $104.63 ↑ +1736%
First Health Commercial $155.40 ↑ +2626%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $195.57 ↑ +3331%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $198.83 ↑ +3388%
Humana Medicare $198.83 ↑ +3388%
Aetna Medicare $198.83 ↑ +3388%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $198.83 ↑ +3388%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $198.83 ↑ +3388%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $198.83 ↑ +3388%
United Healthcare Medicare $202.81 ↑ +3458%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $215.48 ↑ +3680%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $395.67 ↑ +6842%
Emblem Health Commercial $417.54 ↑ +7225%

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