Dx aly aud oi snd prcsr 1st 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

$76.57

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.

$359.00

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.

$14.17 with Wellpoint vs $381.23 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
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $14.17 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Community Plan $48.75 ↓ -36%
Aetna Better Health $53.38 ↓ -30%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $57.44 ↓ -25%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $66.31 ↓ -13%
Amerihealth Local Value $125.61 ↑ +64%
Qualcare Inc PPO $136.42 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $136.42 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc WC $136.42 ↑ +78%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $172.17 ↑ +125%
Cigna PPO $173.54 ↑ +127%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $181.54 ↑ +137%
Humana Medicare $181.54 ↑ +137%
Aetna Medicare $181.54 ↑ +137%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $181.54 ↑ +137%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $181.54 ↑ +137%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $181.54 ↑ +137%
United Healthcare Medicare $185.17 ↑ +142%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $189.19 ↑ +147%
First Health Commercial $215.40 ↑ +181%
Cigna HMO $222.36 ↑ +190%
Aetna HMO $236.94 ↑ +209%
Aetna PPO $236.94 ↑ +209%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $260.59 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $271.08 ↑ +254%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $275.06 ↑ +259%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $277.65 ↑ +263%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $282.00 ↑ +268%
United Healthcare Nexus $282.00 ↑ +268%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $298.68 ↑ +290%
United Healthcare Commercial $332.00 ↑ +334%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $332.00 ↑ +334%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $361.26 ↑ +372%
Emblem Health Commercial $381.23 ↑ +398%

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Dx aly aud oi snd prcsr 1st at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $76.07 $72.90 – $351.08
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $74.77 $41.49 – $351.08
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $173.18 $173.18 – $465.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $184.26 $121.02 – $487.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $170.99 $33.82 – $499.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $173.33 $33.82 – $627.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $173.18 $117.02 – $443.00
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $184.26 $86.51 – $994.00

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