Insert hepatic shunt (tips) at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
1 Robert Wood Johnson Pl, New Brunswick, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1346243375
$5,741.00
Cash price 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.
$12,961.00
Gross charge 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.
$706.68 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $12,735.00 with Aetna — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $706.68 | ↓ -88% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $1,760.10 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $1,927.30 | ↓ -66% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $2,073.76 | ↓ -64% |
| Wellpoint | NJ Family Care | $4,072.67 | ↓ -29% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $4,535.05 | ↓ -21% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $6,216.09 | ↑ +8% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $6,830.44 | ↑ +19% |
| First Health | Commercial | $7,776.60 | ↑ +35% |
| Cigna | HMO | $7,783.08 | ↑ +36% |
| Cigna | PPO | $8,197.83 | ↑ +43% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $9,408.38 | ↑ +64% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $9,786.85 | ↑ +70% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $9,930.71 | ↑ +73% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $10,024.03 | ↑ +75% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $10,187.00 | ↑ +77% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $10,756.00 | ↑ +87% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $10,783.55 | ↑ +88% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $11,985.00 | ↑ +109% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $12,654.00 | ↑ +120% |
| Aetna | PPO | $12,735.00 | ↑ +122% |
| Aetna | HMO | $12,735.00 | ↑ +122% |
| 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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Insert hepatic shunt (tips) at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $5,855.00 | $396.36 – $1,673.82 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $3,786.00 | $795.60 – $795.60 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $4,881.00 | $408.02 – $1,408.68 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $5,339.00 | $512.94 – $842.40 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $5,419.00 | $1,535.04 – $1,535.04 |
| Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus | Lakewood | $4,350.00 | $1,914.12 – $1,914.12 |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway | Rahway | $4,627.00 | $903.24 – $903.24 |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset | Somerville | $6,311.00 | $419.68 – $706.68 |