Hc hearing aid chck monarl 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

$40.74

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.

$191.00

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.

$25.93 with United Healthcare vs $332.00 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
United Healthcare Community Plan $25.93 ↓ -36%
Aetna Better Health $28.40 ↓ -30%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $29.64 ↓ -27%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $34.45 ↓ -15%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $43.79 ↑ +7%
Amerihealth Local Value $66.83 ↑ +64%
Qualcare Inc WC $72.58 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $72.58 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc PPO $72.58 ↑ +78%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $91.60 ↑ +125%
Cigna PPO $92.32 ↑ +127%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $100.65 ↑ +147%
First Health Commercial $114.60 ↑ +181%
Cigna HMO $118.30 ↑ +190%
Aetna HMO $126.06 ↑ +209%
Aetna PPO $126.06 ↑ +209%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $138.64 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $144.22 ↑ +254%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $146.34 ↑ +259%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $147.71 ↑ +263%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $158.91 ↑ +290%
United Healthcare Nexus $282.00 ↑ +592%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $282.00 ↑ +592%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $332.00 ↑ +715%
United Healthcare Commercial $332.00 ↑ +715%

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Hc hearing aid chck monarl at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $115.50 $63.22 – $394.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $39.78 $87.29 – $282.00
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset Somerville $23.32 $43.79 – $587.00
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth not published $75.69 – $282.00
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston not published $48.14 – $282.00
Community Medical Center Toms River not published $49.30 – $282.00
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville not published $47.56 – $282.00
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City not published $52.20 – $282.00

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