Electrophysiology evaluation 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

$2,825.79

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.

$13,248.00

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.

$137.62 with Wellpoint vs $18,489.70 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 $137.62 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan $1,799.07 ↓ -36%
Aetna Better Health $1,969.97 ↓ -30%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $2,119.68 ↓ -25%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $4,160.05 ↑ +47%
Amerihealth Local Value $4,635.47 ↑ +64%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $5,034.24 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc PPO $5,034.24 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc WC $5,034.24 ↑ +78%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $6,353.74 ↑ +125%
Cigna PPO $6,404.08 ↑ +127%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $6,981.69 ↑ +147%
First Health Commercial $7,948.80 ↑ +181%
Cigna HMO $8,205.81 ↑ +190%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $8,484.00 ↑ +200%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $8,804.62 ↑ +212%
Humana Medicare $8,804.62 ↑ +212%
Aetna Medicare $8,804.62 ↑ +212%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $8,804.62 ↑ +212%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $8,804.62 ↑ +212%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $8,804.62 ↑ +212%
United Healthcare Nexus $8,957.00 ↑ +217%
United Healthcare Medicare $8,980.71 ↑ +218%
Aetna PPO $9,614.00 ↑ +240%
Aetna HMO $9,614.00 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $9,616.72 ↑ +240%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $9,981.00 ↑ +253%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $10,003.56 ↑ +254%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $10,150.61 ↑ +259%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $10,246.00 ↑ +263%
United Healthcare Commercial $10,538.00 ↑ +273%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $11,022.33 ↑ +290%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $17,521.19 ↑ +520%
Emblem Health Commercial $18,489.70 ↑ +554%

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Electrophysiology evaluation at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $2,807.25 $4,573.30 – $17,026.48
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $2,105.15 $4,518.20 – $16,941.35
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $2,759.55 $519.75 – $17,026.48
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $2,486.32 $653.40 – $17,783.04
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $8,398.96 $8,398.96 – $10,078.76
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $8,936.20 $2,030.00 – $9,383.01
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $8,292.88 $104.00 – $9,951.46
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $8,406.25 $104.00 – $8,406.25

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