Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push single/initial substance/drug 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

$146.11

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.

$685.00

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.

$10.89 with Wellpoint vs $569.92 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 $10.89 ↓ -93%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $25.30 ↓ -83%
Aetna HMO $80.36 ↓ -45%
Aetna PPO $80.36 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Community Plan $93.02 ↓ -36%
Aetna Better Health $101.85 ↓ -30%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $109.60 ↓ -25%
Amerihealth Local Value $239.68 ↑ +64%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $244.47 ↑ +67%
Humana Medicare $244.47 ↑ +67%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $244.47 ↑ +67%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $244.47 ↑ +67%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $244.47 ↑ +67%
Aetna Medicare $244.47 ↑ +67%
United Healthcare Medicare $249.36 ↑ +71%
Qualcare Inc WC $260.30 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc PPO $260.30 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $260.30 ↑ +78%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $281.00 ↑ +92%
United Healthcare Nexus $281.00 ↑ +92%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $328.52 ↑ +125%
United Healthcare Commercial $331.00 ↑ +127%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $331.00 ↑ +127%
Cigna PPO $331.12 ↑ +127%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $360.99 ↑ +147%
First Health Commercial $411.00 ↑ +181%
Cigna HMO $424.28 ↑ +190%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $486.50 ↑ +233%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $497.24 ↑ +240%
Emblem Health Commercial $513.39 ↑ +251%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $517.24 ↑ +254%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $524.84 ↑ +259%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $529.77 ↑ +263%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $569.92 ↑ +290%

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Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push single/initial substance/drug at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $105.48 $19.11 – $460.52
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $145.15 $25.30 – $472.76
Community Medical Center Toms River $116.55 $25.30 – $458.22
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $125.50 $25.30 – $470.40
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $142.68 $19.68 – $472.76
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $116.78 $24.74 – $493.76
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $122.96 $25.30 – $464.07
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $233.20 $233.20 – $875.00

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