ER Visit (level 1, minor) at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
1 Robert Wood Johnson Pl, New Brunswick, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1346243375
$224.39
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.
$1,052.00
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.
$28.39 with Wellpoint vs $2,945.00 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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| Wellpoint | NJ Family Care | $28.39 | ↓ -87% |
| Humana | Medicare | $102.17 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $102.17 | ↓ -54% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $102.17 | ↓ -54% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $102.17 | ↓ -54% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Advantage | $102.17 | ↓ -54% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Medicare Advantage | $102.17 | ↓ -54% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $104.21 | ↓ -54% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $140.00 | ↓ -38% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $142.86 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $156.43 | ↓ -30% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $168.32 | ↓ -25% |
| Wellcare | Ambetter Health Commercial | $203.32 | ↓ -9% |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | $398.00 | ↑ +77% |
| Cigna | HMO | $400.00 | ↑ +78% |
| Cigna | PPO | $421.00 | ↑ +88% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $577.00 | ↑ +157% |
| Aetna | PPO | $625.00 | ↑ +179% |
| Aetna | HMO | $625.00 | ↑ +179% |
| First Health | Commercial | $631.20 | ↑ +181% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $672.00 | ↑ +199% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $679.00 | ↑ +203% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS | $709.00 | ↑ +216% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $790.00 | ↑ +252% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $794.36 | ↑ +254% |
| Qualcare Inc | PPO | $857.00 | ↑ +282% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $1,358.00 | ↑ +505% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $1,653.00 | ↑ +637% |
| Qualcare Inc | WC | $1,669.00 | ↑ +644% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $1,698.00 | ↑ +657% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $1,735.00 | ↑ +673% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $2,392.00 | ↑ +966% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $2,918.00 | ↑ +1200% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $2,945.00 | ↑ +1212% |
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ER Visit (level 1, minor) at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $197.46 | $5.69 – $400.00 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $222.91 | $98.79 – $1,387.00 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $218.18 | $96.23 – $1,387.00 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $181.99 | $98.79 – $1,387.00 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $219.13 | $5.86 – $1,387.00 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $218.60 | $7.37 – $1,387.00 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $230.17 | $97.46 – $1,387.00 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $97.46 | $97.46 – $1,522.00 |