Hydration IV infusion each additional hour 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

$99.82

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.

$468.00

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.

$44.79 with Wellpoint vs $389.37 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 $44.79 ↓ -55%
Humana Medicare $53.54 ↓ -46%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $53.54 ↓ -46%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $53.54 ↓ -46%
Aetna Medicare $53.54 ↓ -46%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $53.54 ↓ -46%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $53.54 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Medicare $54.61 ↓ -45%
Aetna Better Health $69.59 ↓ -30%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $74.88 ↓ -25%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $87.58 ↓ -12%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $106.54 ↑ +7%
Emblem Health Commercial $112.43 ↑ +13%
Amerihealth Local Value $163.75 ↑ +64%
Qualcare Inc PPO $177.84 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc WC $177.84 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $177.84 ↑ +78%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $224.45 ↑ +125%
Cigna PPO $226.23 ↑ +127%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $246.63 ↑ +147%
First Health Commercial $280.80 ↑ +181%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $281.00 ↑ +182%
United Healthcare Nexus $281.00 ↑ +182%
Cigna HMO $289.87 ↑ +190%
Aetna HMO $308.88 ↑ +209%
Aetna PPO $308.88 ↑ +209%
United Healthcare Commercial $331.00 ↑ +232%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $331.00 ↑ +232%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $339.72 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $353.38 ↑ +254%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $358.58 ↑ +259%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $361.95 ↑ +263%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $389.37 ↑ +290%

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Hydration IV infusion each additional hour at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $59.31 $6.40 – $100.86
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $99.16 $51.77 – $103.54
Community Medical Center Toms River $65.53 $50.43 – $100.36
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $77.17 $51.77 – $103.02
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $97.48 $51.77 – $103.54
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $65.66 $8.28 – $108.14
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $69.14 $51.07 – $101.63
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $51.07 $51.07 – $875.00

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