Graft apligraf 3in 44sqcm-q4101-cost per sq cm 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

$34.11

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.

$159.92

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.

$7.00 with Wellpoint vs $133.05 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.

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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 $7.00 ↓ -79%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $25.58 ↓ -25%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $30.48 ↓ -11%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $30.48 ↓ -11%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $30.48 ↓ -11%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $30.48 ↓ -11%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $31.37 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Commercial $32.00 ↓ -6%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $32.00 ↓ -6%
Cigna HMO $32.23 ↓ -6%
Cigna PPO $32.23 ↓ -6%
Amerihealth Local Value $34.71 ↑ +2%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $34.71 ↑ +2%
Aetna HMO $38.10 ↑ +12%
Aetna PPO $38.10 ↑ +12%
First Health Commercial $95.95 ↑ +181%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $120.75 ↑ +254%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $133.05 ↑ +290%
Qualcare Inc WC not published by hospital
Qualcare Inc PPO not published by hospital
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS not published by hospital
Aetna Better Health not published by hospital

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Graft apligraf 3in 44sqcm-q4101-cost per sq cm at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel not published $25.76 – $25.76
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack not published $40.43 – $40.43
Ocean University Medical Center Brick not published $25.76 – $39.60
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison not published $25.76 – $40.43
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City not published $25.76 – $39.60
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen not published $40.43 – $42.55
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy not published $40.43 – $54.00
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank not published $25.76 – $39.60

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