Echo guidance radiotherapy at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
1 Robert Wood Johnson Pl, New Brunswick, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1346243375
$308.00
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.
$1,444.00
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.
$79.50 with Aetna vs $1,201.40 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.
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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| Aetna | PPO | $79.50 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | HMO | $79.50 | ↓ -74% |
| Wellpoint | NJ Family Care | $83.70 | ↓ -73% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $196.09 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $214.72 | ↓ -30% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $231.04 | ↓ -25% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $282.08 | ↓ -8% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $468.51 | ↑ +52% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $468.51 | ↑ +52% |
| Qualcare Inc | WC | $548.72 | ↑ +78% |
| Qualcare Inc | PPO | $548.72 | ↑ +78% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS | $548.72 | ↑ +78% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $760.98 | ↑ +147% |
| First Health | Commercial | $866.40 | ↑ +181% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $1,048.19 | ↑ +240% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $1,090.36 | ↑ +254% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $1,106.39 | ↑ +259% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $1,116.78 | ↑ +263% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $1,201.40 | ↑ +290% |
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Echo guidance radiotherapy at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $271.03 | $48.27 – $632.09 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $305.98 | $78.23 – $606.00 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $300.78 | $49.69 – $606.00 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $315.94 | $73.90 – $606.00 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | not published | $71.80 – $468.51 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | not published | $78.23 – $469.42 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | not published | $62.46 – $528.92 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | not published | $67.71 – $666.34 |