Ghs ng placement w fluoro guidance 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.

$717.00

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.

$14.68 with Wellpoint vs $5,244.00 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
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $14.68 ↓ -100%
United Healthcare Community Plan $97.36 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health $106.61 ↓ -98%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $114.72 ↓ -98%
Amerihealth Local Value $250.87 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $343.87 ↓ -94%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $377.85 ↓ -93%
First Health Commercial $430.20 ↓ -93%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $463.01 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare $463.01 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare $463.01 ↓ -92%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $463.01 ↓ -92%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $463.01 ↓ -92%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $463.01 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Medicare $472.27 ↓ -92%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $520.47 ↓ -91%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $541.40 ↓ -91%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $549.36 ↓ -90%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $554.52 ↓ -90%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $596.54 ↓ -90%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $921.39 ↓ -84%
Emblem Health Commercial $972.32 ↓ -83%
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 PPO $5,244.00 ↓ -9%
Aetna HMO $5,244.00 ↓ -9%
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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