CT orbit/sella/fossa w/wo 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

$532.39

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.

$2,496.00

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.

$93.34 with Wellpoint vs $2,076.67 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 $93.34 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare $206.56 ↓ -61%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $206.56 ↓ -61%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $206.56 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare $206.56 ↓ -61%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $206.56 ↓ -61%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $206.56 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Medicare $210.69 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $241.66 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Nexus $241.66 ↓ -55%
Cigna PPO $276.00 ↓ -48%
Cigna HMO $281.00 ↓ -47%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $287.00 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Commercial $287.91 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $287.91 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Community Plan $338.95 ↓ -36%
Aetna Better Health $371.15 ↓ -30%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $399.36 ↓ -25%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $411.05 ↓ -23%
Emblem Health Commercial $433.78 ↓ -19%
Aetna HMO $436.68 ↓ -18%
Aetna PPO $436.68 ↓ -18%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $468.51 ↓ -12%
Amerihealth Local Value $468.51 ↓ -12%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $797.54 ↑ +50%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $797.54 ↑ +50%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $797.54 ↑ +50%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $797.54 ↑ +50%
Qualcare Inc WC $948.48 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc PPO $948.48 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $948.48 ↑ +78%
First Health Commercial $1,497.60 ↑ +181%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,884.72 ↑ +254%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $2,076.67 ↑ +290%

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CT orbit/sella/fossa w/wo contrast at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $468.49 $112.54 – $632.09
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $528.90 $199.72 – $726.00
Community Medical Center Toms River $517.67 $194.55 – $726.00
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $821.25 $199.72 – $726.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $519.91 $115.85 – $726.00
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $518.66 $145.64 – $704.00
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $546.12 $197.04 – $726.00
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $197.04 $197.04 – $1,762.00

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