CT neck soft tissue w/contrast 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

$656.32

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.

$3,077.00

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.

$160.86 with Wellpoint vs $2,560.06 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 $160.86 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare $206.56 ↓ -69%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $206.56 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicare $206.56 ↓ -69%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $206.56 ↓ -69%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $206.56 ↓ -69%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $206.56 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Medicare $210.69 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $241.66 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare Nexus $241.66 ↓ -63%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $242.34 ↓ -63%
Cigna PPO $276.00 ↓ -58%
Cigna HMO $281.00 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Commercial $287.91 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $287.91 ↓ -56%
Aetna HMO $346.65 ↓ -47%
Aetna PPO $346.65 ↓ -47%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $391.59 ↓ -40%
Amerihealth Local Value $391.59 ↓ -40%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $411.05 ↓ -37%
United Healthcare Community Plan $417.85 ↓ -36%
Emblem Health Commercial $433.78 ↓ -34%
Aetna Better Health $457.54 ↓ -30%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $492.32 ↓ -25%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $565.34 ↓ -14%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $565.34 ↓ -14%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $565.34 ↓ -14%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $565.34 ↓ -14%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $1,169.26 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc WC $1,169.26 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc PPO $1,169.26 ↑ +78%
First Health Commercial $1,846.20 ↑ +181%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $2,323.44 ↑ +254%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $2,560.06 ↑ +290%

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CT neck soft tissue w/contrast at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $564.03 $98.03 – $528.32
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $652.01 $199.72 – $726.00
Community Medical Center Toms River $623.23 $194.55 – $726.00
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $615.79 $199.72 – $726.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $640.93 $100.92 – $726.00
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $624.43 $126.87 – $704.00
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $657.49 $197.04 – $726.00
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $197.04 $197.04 – $2,083.00

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