External chromosome analysis 20-25 cells 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

$159.07

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.

$620.00

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.

$67.97 with United Healthcare vs $590.17 with Cigna — 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
United Healthcare Nexus $67.97 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $67.97 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $79.54 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Commercial $79.54 ↓ -50%
Aetna Better Health $92.19 ↓ -42%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $115.82 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare Community Plan $121.47 ↓ -24%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $138.83 ↓ -13%
Aetna Medicare $144.61 ↓ -9%
Humana Medicare $144.61 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $144.61 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $144.61 ↓ -9%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $144.61 ↓ -9%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $144.61 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $144.61 ↓ -9%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $144.61 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $144.61 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $144.61 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Medicare $147.50 ↓ -7%
Aetna HMO $180.76 ↑ +14%
Aetna PPO $180.76 ↑ +14%
Qualcare Inc WC $235.60 ↑ +48%
Qualcare Inc PPO $235.60 ↑ +48%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $235.60 ↑ +48%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $287.77 ↑ +81%
Emblem Health Commercial $303.68 ↑ +91%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $320.85 ↑ +102%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $333.12 ↑ +109%
Amerihealth Local Value $333.12 ↑ +109%
First Health Commercial $372.00 ↑ +134%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $468.16 ↑ +194%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $515.84 ↑ +224%
Cigna PPO $590.17 ↑ +271%
Cigna HMO $590.17 ↑ +271%

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External chromosome analysis 20-25 cells at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $159.07 $67.97 – $590.17
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $159.07 $67.97 – $590.17
Community Medical Center Toms River $159.07 $67.97 – $590.17
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $159.07 $67.97 – $590.17
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $159.07 $67.97 – $590.17
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $159.07 $67.97 – $590.17
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $159.07 $67.97 – $590.17
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $144.61 $144.61 – $662.65

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