Gastro/jejuno tube, std at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
1 Robert Wood Johnson Pl, New Brunswick, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1346243375
$94.45
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.
$442.82
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.
$31.55 with Wellpoint vs $368.42 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 | $31.55 | ↓ -67% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $60.13 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $65.84 | ↓ -30% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $70.85 | ↓ -25% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $116.46 | ↑ +23% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $116.46 | ↑ +23% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $136.83 | ↑ +45% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $136.83 | ↑ +45% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $154.94 | ↑ +64% |
| Qualcare Inc | WC | $168.27 | ↑ +78% |
| Qualcare Inc | PPO | $168.27 | ↑ +78% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS | $168.27 | ↑ +78% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $212.37 | ↑ +125% |
| Cigna | PPO | $214.05 | ↑ +127% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $233.36 | ↑ +147% |
| First Health | Commercial | $265.69 | ↑ +181% |
| Cigna | HMO | $274.28 | ↑ +190% |
| Aetna | PPO | $292.26 | ↑ +209% |
| Aetna | HMO | $292.26 | ↑ +209% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $321.44 | ↑ +240% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $334.37 | ↑ +254% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $339.28 | ↑ +259% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $342.47 | ↑ +263% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $368.42 | ↑ +290% |
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Gastro/jejuno tube, std at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $83.11 | $20.44 – $20.44 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $65.88 | $21.04 – $21.04 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $65.72 | $26.45 – $26.45 |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset | Somerville | $74.83 | $21.64 – $21.64 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | not published | $53.56 – $53.56 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | not published | $15.29 – $52.45 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | not published | $15.29 – $53.56 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | not published | $52.45 – $52.45 |