Intra-atrial pacing 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

$3,095.19

Cash price

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$14,511.00

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.

$188.19 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $18,489.70 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
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $188.19 ↓ -94%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $195.97 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Community Plan $1,970.59 ↓ -36%
Aetna Better Health $2,157.78 ↓ -30%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $2,321.76 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $4,094.00 ↑ +32%
United Healthcare Nexus $4,322.00 ↑ +40%
Aetna PPO $4,370.00 ↑ +41%
Aetna HMO $4,370.00 ↑ +41%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $4,816.00 ↑ +56%
Amerihealth Local Value $5,077.39 ↑ +64%
United Healthcare Commercial $5,085.00 ↑ +64%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $5,514.18 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc PPO $5,514.18 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc WC $5,514.18 ↑ +78%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $6,959.47 ↑ +125%
Cigna PPO $7,014.61 ↑ +127%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $7,647.29 ↑ +147%
First Health Commercial $8,706.60 ↑ +181%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $8,804.62 ↑ +184%
Humana Medicare $8,804.62 ↑ +184%
Aetna Medicare $8,804.62 ↑ +184%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $8,804.62 ↑ +184%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $8,804.62 ↑ +184%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $8,804.62 ↑ +184%
United Healthcare Medicare $8,980.71 ↑ +190%
Cigna HMO $8,988.11 ↑ +190%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $10,533.53 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $10,957.25 ↑ +254%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $11,118.32 ↑ +259%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $11,222.80 ↑ +263%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $12,073.15 ↑ +290%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $17,521.19 ↑ +466%
Emblem Health Commercial $18,489.70 ↑ +497%

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Intra-atrial pacing at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $3,074.88 $206.89 – $17,026.48
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $1,955.38 $204.39 – $16,941.35
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Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $2,830.02 $186.24 – $17,783.04
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $8,398.96 $8,398.96 – $10,078.76
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $8,936.20 $529.29 – $9,383.01
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