Ghs musc tst done w/n tst non ext at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
1 Robert Wood Johnson Pl, New Brunswick, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1346243375
$65.48
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.
$307.00
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.
$24.16 with Wellpoint vs $1,187.00 with United Healthcare — 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 | $24.16 | ↓ -63% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $41.69 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $45.65 | ↓ -30% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $49.12 | ↓ -25% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $51.39 | ↓ -22% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $107.41 | ↑ +64% |
| Qualcare Inc | WC | $116.66 | ↑ +78% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS | $116.66 | ↑ +78% |
| Qualcare Inc | PPO | $116.66 | ↑ +78% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $147.23 | ↑ +125% |
| Cigna | PPO | $148.40 | ↑ +127% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $161.78 | ↑ +147% |
| First Health | Commercial | $184.20 | ↑ +181% |
| Cigna | HMO | $190.15 | ↑ +190% |
| Aetna | HMO | $202.62 | ↑ +209% |
| Aetna | PPO | $202.62 | ↑ +209% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $222.85 | ↑ +240% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $231.81 | ↑ +254% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $235.22 | ↑ +259% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $237.43 | ↑ +263% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $255.42 | ↑ +290% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $1,009.00 | ↑ +1441% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $1,009.00 | ↑ +1441% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $1,187.00 | ↑ +1713% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $1,187.00 | ↑ +1713% |
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Ghs musc tst done w/n tst non ext at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $65.05 | $56.49 – $1,009.00 |
| Childrens Specialized Hospital | Mountainside | $219.50 | $272.00 – $272.00 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $51.53 | $55.36 – $1,009.00 |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton | Hamilton Township | $60.15 | $53.77 – $1,009.00 |
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | not published | $42.78 – $1,009.00 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | not published | $57.85 – $1,009.00 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | not published | $55.81 – $1,009.00 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | not published | $44.04 – $102.43 |