Low frequency non-thermal Ultrasound 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

$149.94

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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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$703.00

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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.

$64.45 with Amerihealth vs $584.89 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

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
Amerihealth Local Value $64.45 ↓ -57%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $64.45 ↓ -57%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $66.00 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Community Plan $95.46 ↓ -36%
Aetna Better Health $104.53 ↓ -30%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $112.48 ↓ -25%
Cigna HMO $125.00 ↓ -17%
Cigna PPO $132.00 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare Nexus $170.00 ↑ +13%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $170.00 ↑ +13%
Aetna HMO $187.00 ↑ +25%
Aetna PPO $187.00 ↑ +25%
United Healthcare Commercial $200.00 ↑ +33%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $200.00 ↑ +33%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $230.56 ↑ +54%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $230.56 ↑ +54%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $230.56 ↑ +54%
Humana Medicare $230.56 ↑ +54%
Aetna Medicare $230.56 ↑ +54%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $230.56 ↑ +54%
United Healthcare Medicare $235.17 ↑ +57%
Qualcare Inc WC $267.14 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $267.14 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc PPO $267.14 ↑ +78%
First Health Commercial $421.80 ↑ +181%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $458.81 ↑ +206%
Emblem Health Commercial $484.18 ↑ +223%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $530.83 ↑ +254%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $584.89 ↑ +290%

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Low frequency non-thermal Ultrasound at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $148.96 $64.45 – $445.86
Community Medical Center Toms River $145.80 $64.45 – $432.15
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $107.20 $37.00 – $443.63
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $146.43 $64.45 – $445.86
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $153.81 $64.45 – $437.66
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $219.93 $219.93 – $263.92
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $234.00 $29.65 – $245.70
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $217.16 $28.81 – $260.59

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