Ins cath ren art 1st bi 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

$5,741.00

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.

$10,013.00

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.

$1,173.50 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $8,330.81 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 $1,173.50 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Community Plan $1,359.76 ↓ -76%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $1,405.46 ↓ -76%
Aetna Better Health $1,488.93 ↓ -74%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $1,602.08 ↓ -72%
Amerihealth Local Value $3,503.54 ↓ -39%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $3,652.11 ↓ -36%
Humana Medicare $3,652.11 ↓ -36%
Aetna Medicare $3,652.11 ↓ -36%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $3,652.11 ↓ -36%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $3,652.11 ↓ -36%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $3,652.11 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,725.15 ↓ -35%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $4,802.23 ↓ -16%
Aetna HMO $5,244.00 ↓ -9%
Aetna PPO $5,244.00 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $5,276.85 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $5,739.00 ↓ -0%
First Health Commercial $6,007.80 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO $6,012.80 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare Nexus $6,060.00 ↑ +6%
Cigna PPO $6,333.22 ↑ +10%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $6,752.00 ↑ +18%
United Healthcare Commercial $7,129.00 ↑ +24%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $7,267.70 ↑ +27%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $7,268.43 ↑ +27%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $7,560.81 ↑ +32%
Emblem Health Commercial $7,669.43 ↑ +34%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $7,671.96 ↑ +34%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $7,744.05 ↑ +35%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $8,330.81 ↑ +45%
Qualcare Inc PPO not published by hospital
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS not published by hospital
Qualcare Inc WC not published by hospital

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Ins cath ren art 1st bi at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $712.38 – $6,879.68
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $1,173.50 – $7,062.48
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Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $1,173.50 – $7,027.17
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $733.33 – $7,062.48
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $921.90 – $7,376.29
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $1,173.50 – $6,932.84
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $3,483.84 $3,483.84 – $4,180.61

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