Ecg external < 48 hours recording 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

$387.13

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.

$1,815.00

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.

$25.67 with Wellpoint vs $1,510.08 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 $25.67 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare $149.57 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare $149.57 ↓ -61%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $149.57 ↓ -61%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $149.57 ↓ -61%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $149.57 ↓ -61%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $149.57 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Medicare $152.56 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Community Plan $246.47 ↓ -36%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $253.68 ↓ -34%
Aetna Better Health $269.89 ↓ -30%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $290.40 ↓ -25%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $297.64 ↓ -23%
Emblem Health Commercial $314.10 ↓ -19%
United Healthcare Nexus $382.00 ↓ -1%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $382.00 ↓ -1%
United Healthcare Commercial $449.00 ↑ +16%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $449.00 ↑ +16%
Amerihealth Local Value $635.06 ↑ +64%
Qualcare Inc WC $689.70 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc PPO $689.70 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $689.70 ↑ +78%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $870.47 ↑ +125%
Cigna PPO $877.37 ↑ +127%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $956.50 ↑ +147%
First Health Commercial $1,089.00 ↑ +181%
Cigna HMO $1,124.21 ↑ +190%
Aetna HMO $1,197.90 ↑ +209%
Aetna PPO $1,197.90 ↑ +209%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $1,317.50 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,370.50 ↑ +254%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $1,390.65 ↑ +259%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $1,403.72 ↑ +263%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,510.08 ↑ +290%

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Ecg external < 48 hours recording at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $340.67 $9.65 – $281.74
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $384.59 $144.62 – $289.24
Community Medical Center Toms River $376.43 $140.87 – $280.33
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $279.45 $144.62 – $287.79
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $378.06 $9.93 – $289.24
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $377.15 $12.49 – $302.08
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $397.12 $142.67 – $283.91
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $142.67 $142.67 – $1,008.00

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