Duplex scan bilateral study 93985 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

$509.36

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.

$2,388.00

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.

$92.57 with Wellpoint vs $2,452.00 with United Healthcare — 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 $92.57 ↓ -82%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $240.21 ↓ -53%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $280.47 ↓ -45%
Aetna Medicare $280.47 ↓ -45%
Humana Medicare $280.47 ↓ -45%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $280.47 ↓ -45%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $280.47 ↓ -45%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $280.47 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Medicare $286.08 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare Community Plan $324.29 ↓ -36%
Aetna Better Health $355.09 ↓ -30%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $382.08 ↓ -25%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $558.14 ↑ +10%
Emblem Health Commercial $588.99 ↑ +16%
Amerihealth Local Value $835.56 ↑ +64%
Qualcare Inc PPO $907.44 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc WC $907.44 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $907.44 ↑ +78%
Cigna PPO $1,096.88 ↑ +115%
Cigna HMO $1,096.88 ↑ +115%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $1,145.28 ↑ +125%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,258.47 ↑ +147%
First Health Commercial $1,432.80 ↑ +181%
Aetna HMO $1,576.08 ↑ +209%
Aetna PPO $1,576.08 ↑ +209%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $1,733.44 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,803.17 ↑ +254%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $1,829.68 ↑ +259%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $1,846.87 ↑ +263%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,986.81 ↑ +290%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,084.00 ↑ +309%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,084.00 ↑ +309%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,452.00 ↑ +381%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,452.00 ↑ +381%

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Duplex scan bilateral study 93985 at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $481.82 $129.47 – $1,096.88
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $506.01 $264.07 – $1,096.88
Community Medical Center Toms River $532.39 $264.17 – $1,096.88
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $354.83 $260.89 – $1,096.88
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $497.42 $133.28 – $1,096.88
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $533.42 $167.55 – $1,096.88
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $561.65 $267.55 – $1,096.88
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $267.55 $267.55 – $1,207.00

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