Intro cath svc/ivc 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.
$3,458.00
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.
$139.40 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $4,370.00 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 | $139.40 | ↓ -98% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $234.79 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $257.10 | ↓ -96% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $276.64 | ↓ -95% |
| Wellpoint | NJ Family Care | $559.63 | ↓ -90% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $604.97 | ↓ -89% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $829.22 | ↓ -86% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $911.18 | ↓ -84% |
| First Health | Commercial | $1,037.40 | ↓ -82% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $1,255.08 | ↓ -78% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $1,305.56 | ↓ -77% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $1,324.75 | ↓ -77% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $1,337.20 | ↓ -77% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $1,438.52 | ↓ -75% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $2,929.00 | ↓ -49% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $3,093.00 | ↓ -46% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $3,446.00 | ↓ -40% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $3,639.00 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | PPO | $4,370.00 | ↓ -24% |
| Aetna | HMO | $4,370.00 | ↓ -24% |
| 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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Intro cath svc/ivc at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $5,855.00 | $276.54 – $1,673.82 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $3,786.00 | $139.40 – $139.40 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $4,881.00 | $139.40 – $284.68 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $5,339.00 | $139.40 – $357.88 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $5,419.00 | $139.40 – $139.40 |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton | Hamilton Township | $5,110.00 | $139.40 – $139.40 |
| Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus | Lakewood | $4,350.00 | $139.40 – $139.40 |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway | Rahway | $4,627.00 | $139.40 – $139.40 |