Kidney function study at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
1 Robert Wood Johnson Pl, New Brunswick, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1346243375
$281.76
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.
$1,321.00
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.
$48.98 with Wellpoint vs $1,099.07 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.
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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| Wellpoint | NJ Family Care | $48.98 | ↓ -83% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $49.20 | ↓ -83% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $179.39 | ↓ -36% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $187.72 | ↓ -33% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $187.72 | ↓ -33% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $187.72 | ↓ -33% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $187.72 | ↓ -33% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $193.00 | ↓ -32% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $193.00 | ↓ -32% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $196.43 | ↓ -30% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $211.36 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | PPO | $228.90 | ↓ -19% |
| Aetna | HMO | $228.90 | ↓ -19% |
| Cigna | PPO | $416.03 | ↑ +48% |
| Cigna | HMO | $416.03 | ↑ +48% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $466.25 | ↑ +65% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $466.25 | ↑ +65% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $466.25 | ↑ +65% |
| Humana | Medicare | $466.25 | ↑ +65% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Advantage | $466.25 | ↑ +65% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Medicare Advantage | $466.25 | ↑ +65% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $475.58 | ↑ +69% |
| Qualcare Inc | WC | $501.98 | ↑ +78% |
| Qualcare Inc | PPO | $501.98 | ↑ +78% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS | $501.98 | ↑ +78% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $520.83 | ↑ +85% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $520.83 | ↑ +85% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $581.65 | ↑ +106% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $581.65 | ↑ +106% |
| First Health | Commercial | $792.60 | ↑ +181% |
| Wellcare | Ambetter Health Commercial | $927.84 | ↑ +229% |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | $979.13 | ↑ +248% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $997.48 | ↑ +254% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $1,099.07 | ↑ +290% |
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Kidney function study at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $279.91 | $49.20 – $901.64 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $219.38 | $49.20 – $897.13 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $444.77 | $134.29 – $1,021.05 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $473.22 | $44.60 – $1,166.24 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $439.15 | $134.29 – $1,021.05 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $445.16 | $187.89 – $1,081.39 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $444.77 | $134.29 – $1,158.70 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $473.22 | $49.20 – $1,021.05 |