Liver imaging at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
1 Robert Wood Johnson Pl, New Brunswick, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1346243375
$425.53
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.
$1,995.00
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.
$87.17 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $2,010.06 with United Healthcare — 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 | $87.17 | ↓ -80% |
| Wellpoint | NJ Family Care | $139.15 | ↓ -67% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $162.23 | ↓ -62% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $162.23 | ↓ -62% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $270.92 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $296.65 | ↓ -30% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $319.20 | ↓ -25% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $361.42 | ↓ -15% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $361.42 | ↓ -15% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $361.42 | ↓ -15% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $361.42 | ↓ -15% |
| Aetna | PPO | $440.25 | ↑ +3% |
| Aetna | HMO | $440.25 | ↑ +3% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $624.57 | ↑ +47% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Advantage | $624.57 | ↑ +47% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Medicare Advantage | $624.57 | ↑ +47% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $624.57 | ↑ +47% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $624.57 | ↑ +47% |
| Humana | Medicare | $624.57 | ↑ +47% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $637.06 | ↑ +50% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $676.03 | ↑ +59% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $676.03 | ↑ +59% |
| Qualcare Inc | WC | $758.10 | ↑ +78% |
| Qualcare Inc | PPO | $758.10 | ↑ +78% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS | $758.10 | ↑ +78% |
| Cigna | HMO | $817.25 | ↑ +92% |
| Cigna | PPO | $817.25 | ↑ +92% |
| First Health | Commercial | $1,197.00 | ↑ +181% |
| Wellcare | Ambetter Health Commercial | $1,242.89 | ↑ +192% |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | $1,311.60 | ↑ +208% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $1,506.42 | ↑ +254% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $1,659.84 | ↑ +290% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $2,010.06 | ↑ +372% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $2,010.06 | ↑ +372% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $422.74 | $87.17 – $1,207.80 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $413.76 | $87.17 – $1,170.64 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $396.80 | $87.17 – $1,201.76 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $436.50 | $87.17 – $1,185.62 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $595.79 | $177.13 – $1,325.05 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $633.90 | $79.02 – $1,513.47 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $588.26 | $177.13 – $1,325.05 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $596.31 | $206.32 – $1,403.35 |