Ghs musc tst done w/nerv tst lim 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

$92.78

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.

$435.00

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.

$48.64 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey 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.

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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
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $48.64 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Community Plan $59.07 ↓ -36%
Aetna Better Health $64.68 ↓ -30%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $67.89 ↓ -27%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $69.60 ↓ -25%
Amerihealth Local Value $152.20 ↑ +64%
Qualcare Inc WC $165.30 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc PPO $165.30 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $165.30 ↑ +78%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $208.62 ↑ +125%
Cigna PPO $210.27 ↑ +127%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $229.24 ↑ +147%
First Health Commercial $261.00 ↑ +181%
Cigna HMO $269.43 ↑ +190%
Aetna HMO $287.10 ↑ +209%
Aetna PPO $287.10 ↑ +209%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $315.76 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $328.46 ↑ +254%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $333.29 ↑ +259%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $336.42 ↑ +263%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $361.92 ↑ +290%
United Healthcare Nexus $1,009.00 ↑ +988%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $1,009.00 ↑ +988%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $1,187.00 ↑ +1179%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,187.00 ↑ +1179%

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Ghs musc tst done w/nerv tst lim at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $92.17 $53.47 – $1,009.00
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $152.00 $272.00 – $272.00
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $71.06 $41.54 – $1,009.00
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton Hamilton Township $50.15 $50.89 – $1,009.00
Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus Lakewood $81.29 $131.74 – $1,009.00
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth not published $32.10 – $1,009.00
Community Medical Center Toms River not published $54.76 – $1,009.00
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville not published $52.82 – $1,009.00

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