Ghs change cysto/gastrost 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

$5,741.00

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.

$789.00

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.

$107.14 with United Healthcare vs $4,370.00 with Aetna — 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 Community Plan $107.14 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health $117.32 ↓ -98%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $126.24 ↓ -98%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $199.03 ↓ -97%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $237.81 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Local Value $276.07 ↓ -95%
Humana Medicare $282.20 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare $282.20 ↓ -95%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $282.20 ↓ -95%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $282.20 ↓ -95%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $282.20 ↓ -95%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $282.20 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicare $287.84 ↓ -95%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $378.40 ↓ -93%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $415.80 ↓ -93%
First Health Commercial $473.40 ↓ -92%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $561.58 ↓ -90%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $572.73 ↓ -90%
Emblem Health Commercial $592.62 ↓ -90%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $595.77 ↓ -90%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $604.53 ↓ -89%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $610.21 ↓ -89%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $656.44 ↓ -89%
Cigna HMO $2,750.00 ↓ -52%
Cigna PPO $2,896.00 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,929.00 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Nexus $3,093.00 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $3,446.00 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,639.00 ↓ -37%
Aetna HMO $4,370.00 ↓ -24%
Aetna PPO $4,370.00 ↓ -24%
Qualcare Inc PPO not published by hospital
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS not published by hospital
Qualcare Inc WC not published by hospital

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Ghs change cysto/gastrost at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $117.77 – $912.99
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $218.80 – $545.72
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $224.08 – $528.94
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $216.17 – $542.99
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $121.23 – $545.72
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $152.41 – $569.98
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $269.20 – $535.71
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $269.20 $269.20 – $323.04

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