Insertion subcutaneous cardiac rhythm monitor 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

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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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$24,223.00

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.

$90.52 with Wellpoint vs $20,165.86 with Emblem Health — 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 $90.52 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Community Plan $3,289.48 ↓ -43%
Aetna Better Health $3,601.96 ↓ -37%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $3,875.68 ↓ -32%
Aetna PPO $4,370.00 ↓ -24%
Aetna HMO $4,370.00 ↓ -24%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $4,681.76 ↓ -18%
Amerihealth Local Value $8,475.62 ↑ +48%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $9,602.79 ↑ +67%
Aetna Medicare $9,602.79 ↑ +67%
Humana Medicare $9,602.79 ↑ +67%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $9,602.79 ↑ +67%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $9,602.79 ↑ +67%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $9,602.79 ↑ +67%
United Healthcare Medicare $9,794.85 ↑ +71%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $10,187.00 ↑ +77%
United Healthcare Nexus $10,756.00 ↑ +87%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $11,617.35 ↑ +102%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $11,985.00 ↑ +109%
United Healthcare Commercial $12,654.00 ↑ +120%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $12,765.52 ↑ +122%
First Health Commercial $14,533.80 ↑ +153%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $17,583.47 ↑ +206%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $18,290.78 ↑ +219%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $18,559.66 ↑ +223%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $18,734.06 ↑ +226%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $19,109.55 ↑ +233%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $20,153.53 ↑ +251%
Emblem Health Commercial $20,165.86 ↑ +251%
Cigna HMO not published by hospital
Cigna PPO not published by hospital
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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Insertion subcutaneous cardiac rhythm monitor at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $2,179.93 – $18,089.30
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $5,146.83 – $18,569.98
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Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $5,084.82 – $18,477.13
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Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $2,821.09 – $19,395.12
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $9,160.35 – $18,229.10
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