Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited 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

$321.01

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.

$1,505.00

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.

$166.14 with Wellpoint vs $1,138.17 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 $166.14 ↓ -48%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $185.14 ↓ -42%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $185.14 ↓ -42%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $185.14 ↓ -42%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $185.14 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Community Plan $185.77 ↓ -42%
Aetna Better Health $203.42 ↓ -37%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $218.88 ↓ -32%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $280.47 ↓ -13%
Humana Medicare $280.47 ↓ -13%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $280.47 ↓ -13%
Aetna Medicare $280.47 ↓ -13%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $280.47 ↓ -13%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $280.47 ↓ -13%
United Healthcare Medicare $286.08 ↓ -11%
Amerihealth Local Value $478.66 ↑ +49%
Qualcare Inc WC $519.84 ↑ +62%
Qualcare Inc PPO $519.84 ↑ +62%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $519.84 ↑ +62%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $558.14 ↑ +74%
Emblem Health Commercial $588.99 ↑ +83%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $656.09 ↑ +104%
Cigna PPO $661.29 ↑ +106%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $681.01 ↑ +112%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $719.00 ↑ +124%
United Healthcare Nexus $719.00 ↑ +124%
First Health Commercial $820.80 ↑ +156%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $846.00 ↑ +164%
United Healthcare Commercial $846.00 ↑ +164%
Cigna HMO $847.33 ↑ +164%
Aetna HMO $902.88 ↑ +181%
Aetna PPO $902.88 ↑ +181%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,032.97 ↑ +222%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,138.17 ↑ +255%

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Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $312.52 $51.38 – $528.34
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $318.90 $138.86 – $542.38
Community Medical Center Toms River $345.32 $138.86 – $525.70
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $242.45 $138.86 – $539.67
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $313.49 $52.89 – $542.38
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $345.98 $66.49 – $566.47
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $364.30 $185.14 – $532.42
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $267.55 $267.55 – $2,305.00

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