Insitu hybridization manual 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

$139.71

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.

$655.00

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.

$71.73 with Amerihealth vs $876.52 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
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $71.73 ↓ -49%
Amerihealth Local Value $71.73 ↓ -49%
Aetna Better Health $97.39 ↓ -30%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $123.48 ↓ -12%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $123.48 ↓ -12%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $123.48 ↓ -12%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $123.48 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare Community Plan $126.81 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $135.99 ↓ -3%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $140.27 ↑ +0%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $144.92 ↑ +4%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $152.33 ↑ +9%
United Healthcare Nexus $152.33 ↑ +9%
United Healthcare Commercial $155.88 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $155.88 ↑ +12%
Aetna HMO $207.81 ↑ +49%
Aetna PPO $207.81 ↑ +49%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $248.90 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc PPO $248.90 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc WC $248.90 ↑ +78%
First Health Commercial $393.00 ↑ +181%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $417.39 ↑ +199%
Humana Medicare $417.39 ↑ +199%
Aetna Medicare $417.39 ↑ +199%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $417.39 ↑ +199%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $417.39 ↑ +199%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $417.39 ↑ +199%
United Healthcare Medicare $425.74 ↑ +205%
Cigna PPO $429.63 ↑ +208%
Cigna HMO $429.63 ↑ +208%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $494.59 ↑ +254%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $544.96 ↑ +290%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $830.61 ↑ +495%
Emblem Health Commercial $876.52 ↑ +527%

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Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $138.79 $71.73 – $807.16
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