Intrvasc Ultrasound noncoronary 1st vessel 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

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.

$3,419.00

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.

$120.65 with Wellpoint 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.

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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 $120.65 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Community Plan $464.30 ↓ -92%
Aetna Better Health $508.40 ↓ -91%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $547.04 ↓ -90%
Amerihealth Local Value $1,196.30 ↓ -79%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $1,639.75 ↓ -71%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,801.81 ↓ -69%
First Health Commercial $2,051.40 ↓ -64%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $2,481.85 ↓ -57%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $2,581.68 ↓ -55%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $2,619.63 ↓ -54%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $2,644.25 ↓ -54%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $2,844.60 ↓ -50%
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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Intrvasc Ultrasound noncoronary 1st vessel at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $500.94 – $500.94
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset Somerville $6,311.00 $515.26 – $515.26
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth not published $486.63 – $486.63
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City not published $629.76 – $629.76
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel not published not published
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack not published $180.04 – $180.04
Ocean University Medical Center Brick not published $176.45 – $176.45
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison not published $180.04 – $180.04

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