Guide wire threaded 1.4x150mm at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
1 Robert Wood Johnson Pl, New Brunswick, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1346243375
$170.52
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.
$799.47
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.
$108.56 with United Healthcare vs $479.68 with First Health — 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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| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $108.56 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $118.88 | ↓ -30% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $127.91 | ↓ -25% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $228.64 | ↑ +34% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $228.64 | ↑ +34% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $228.64 | ↑ +34% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $228.64 | ↑ +34% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $228.64 | ↑ +34% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $228.64 | ↑ +34% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $228.64 | ↑ +34% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $228.64 | ↑ +34% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $228.64 | ↑ +34% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $228.64 | ↑ +34% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $263.82 | ↑ +55% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $263.82 | ↑ +55% |
| Cigna | HMO | $271.81 | ↑ +59% |
| Aetna | PPO | $271.81 | ↑ +59% |
| Aetna | HMO | $271.81 | ↑ +59% |
| Cigna | PPO | $271.81 | ↑ +59% |
| Qualcare Inc | PPO | $287.80 | ↑ +69% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS | $287.80 | ↑ +69% |
| Qualcare Inc | WC | $287.80 | ↑ +69% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $407.70 | ↑ +139% |
| First Health | Commercial | $479.68 | ↑ +181% |
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Guide wire threaded 1.4x150mm at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $150.06 | $704.70 – $704.70 |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton | Hamilton Township | $131.03 | $426.60 – $426.60 |
| Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus | Lakewood | $135.73 | $1,104.30 – $1,104.30 |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset | Somerville | $135.11 | $407.70 – $407.70 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | not published | not published |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | not published | not published |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | not published | not published |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | not published | $540.00 – $540.00 |