Hdr rdncl ntrstl/icav brchtx 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

$2,076.47

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.

$9,735.00

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.

$568.00 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $8,099.52 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
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $568.00 ↓ -73%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $643.22 ↓ -69%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $805.04 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare $805.04 ↓ -61%
Humana Medicare $805.04 ↓ -61%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $805.04 ↓ -61%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $805.04 ↓ -61%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $805.04 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Medicare $821.14 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Community Plan $1,322.01 ↓ -36%
Aetna Better Health $1,447.59 ↓ -30%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $1,557.60 ↓ -25%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $1,602.03 ↓ -23%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,690.58 ↓ -19%
Amerihealth Local Value $2,115.00 ↑ +2%
Cigna HMO $2,367.00 ↑ +14%
Cigna PPO $2,493.00 ↑ +20%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,568.00 ↑ +24%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,568.00 ↑ +24%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $2,818.00 ↑ +36%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,021.00 ↑ +45%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $3,021.00 ↑ +45%
Qualcare Inc PPO $3,699.30 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $3,699.30 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc WC $3,699.30 ↑ +78%
Aetna HMO $3,744.86 ↑ +80%
Aetna PPO $3,744.86 ↑ +80%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $5,130.34 ↑ +147%
First Health Commercial $5,841.00 ↑ +181%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $7,066.63 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $7,350.89 ↑ +254%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $7,458.95 ↑ +259%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $7,529.04 ↑ +263%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $8,099.52 ↑ +290%

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Hdr rdncl ntrstl/icav brchtx at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $1,536.51 $314.80 – $2,530.57
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $2,062.84 $778.40 – $2,790.00
Community Medical Center Toms River $1,697.77 $758.25 – $2,661.00
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $842.93 $778.40 – $2,663.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $2,027.80 $324.06 – $2,663.00
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $1,791.09 $767.95 – $1,715.00
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $767.95 $767.95 – $2,774.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $817.07 $494.49 – $3,250.00

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