Irradiation of blood product each unit reference 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

$33.06

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.

$155.00

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.

$8.40 with United Healthcare vs $128.96 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey — 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
United Healthcare Community Plan $8.40 ↓ -75%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $9.60 ↓ -71%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $15.74 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $15.96 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Nexus $15.96 ↓ -52%
Amerihealth Local Value $18.00 ↓ -46%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $18.00 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $18.39 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare Commercial $18.39 ↓ -44%
Aetna Better Health $23.04 ↓ -30%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $32.24 ↓ -2%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $32.24 ↓ -2%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $32.24 ↓ -2%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $32.24 ↓ -2%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $44.64 ↑ +35%
Humana Medicare $45.54 ↑ +38%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $45.54 ↑ +38%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $45.54 ↑ +38%
Aetna Medicare $45.54 ↑ +38%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $45.54 ↑ +38%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $45.54 ↑ +38%
United Healthcare Medicare $46.45 ↑ +41%
Qualcare Inc WC $58.90 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc PPO $58.90 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $58.90 ↑ +78%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $90.62 ↑ +174%
First Health Commercial $93.00 ↑ +181%
Emblem Health Commercial $95.63 ↑ +189%
Aetna HMO $102.30 ↑ +209%
Aetna PPO $102.30 ↑ +209%
Cigna HMO $112.17 ↑ +239%
Cigna PPO $112.17 ↑ +239%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $117.04 ↑ +254%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $128.96 ↑ +290%

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Irradiation of blood product each unit reference at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $32.84 $8.40 – $112.17
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $41.17 $8.40 – $112.17
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $32.28 $8.40 – $112.17
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $49.87 $8.40 – $112.17
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $43.44 $41.07 – $69.46
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $46.22 $14.27 – $70.78
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $42.90 $8.80 – $69.32
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $43.48 $8.80 – $73.77

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