Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
1 Robert Wood Johnson Pl, New Brunswick, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1346243375
$47.56
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.
$223.00
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.
$15.96 with United Healthcare vs $195.95 with Cigna — 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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| United Healthcare | Nexus | $15.96 | ↓ -66% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $15.96 | ↓ -66% |
| Wellpoint | NJ Family Care | $16.74 | ↓ -65% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $18.39 | ↓ -61% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $18.39 | ↓ -61% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $19.68 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $33.16 | ↓ -30% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $36.73 | ↓ -23% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $36.73 | ↓ -23% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Medicare Advantage | $45.54 | ↓ -4% |
| Humana | Medicare | $45.54 | ↓ -4% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $45.54 | ↓ -4% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Advantage | $45.54 | ↓ -4% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $45.54 | ↓ -4% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $45.54 | ↓ -4% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $46.45 | ↓ -2% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $56.32 | ↑ +18% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $56.32 | ↑ +18% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $56.32 | ↑ +18% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $56.32 | ↑ +18% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $64.64 | ↑ +36% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $73.87 | ↑ +55% |
| Qualcare Inc | WC | $84.74 | ↑ +78% |
| Qualcare Inc | PPO | $84.74 | ↑ +78% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS | $84.74 | ↑ +78% |
| Wellcare | Ambetter Health Commercial | $90.62 | ↑ +91% |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | $95.63 | ↑ +101% |
| Aetna | HMO | $111.11 | ↑ +134% |
| Aetna | PPO | $111.11 | ↑ +134% |
| First Health | Commercial | $133.80 | ↑ +181% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $168.38 | ↑ +254% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $185.53 | ↑ +290% |
| Cigna | HMO | $195.95 | ↑ +312% |
| Cigna | PPO | $195.95 | ↑ +312% |
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Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $47.11 | $15.96 – $195.95 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $47.25 | $15.96 – $195.95 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $52.05 | $15.96 – $195.95 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $29.83 | $15.96 – $195.95 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $46.45 | $15.96 – $195.95 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $52.15 | $15.96 – $195.95 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $54.91 | $15.96 – $195.95 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $43.44 | $43.44 – $69.46 |