Echo guide for heart biopsy at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
1 Robert Wood Johnson Pl, New Brunswick, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1346243375
$103.02
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.
$483.00
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.
$65.59 with United Healthcare vs $401.85 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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| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $65.59 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $71.82 | ↓ -30% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $75.18 | ↓ -27% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $77.28 | ↓ -25% |
| Qualcare Inc | WC | $183.54 | ↑ +78% |
| Qualcare Inc | PPO | $183.54 | ↑ +78% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS | $183.54 | ↑ +78% |
| Wellpoint | NJ Family Care | $184.46 | ↑ +79% |
| First Health | Commercial | $289.80 | ↑ +181% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $311.64 | ↑ +203% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $311.64 | ↑ +203% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $311.64 | ↑ +203% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $311.64 | ↑ +203% |
| Aetna | PPO | $318.78 | ↑ +209% |
| Aetna | HMO | $318.78 | ↑ +209% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $364.71 | ↑ +254% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $401.85 | ↑ +290% |
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Echo guide for heart biopsy at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $61.75 | $27.78 – $119.18 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | not published | $75.18 – $166.00 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | not published | $75.18 – $75.18 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | not published | $75.18 – $75.18 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | not published | $44.10 – $166.00 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | not published | $55.44 – $144.60 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | not published | $75.18 – $166.00 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | not published | $115.03 – $115.03 |