Lung Function Test (Spirometry) at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
1 Robert Wood Johnson Pl, New Brunswick, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1346243375
$189.19
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.
$887.00
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.
$120.45 with United Healthcare vs $737.98 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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| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $120.45 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $131.89 | ↓ -30% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $141.92 | ↓ -25% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $181.54 | ↓ -4% |
| Humana | Medicare | $181.54 | ↓ -4% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Medicare Advantage | $181.54 | ↓ -4% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $181.54 | ↓ -4% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $181.54 | ↓ -4% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Advantage | $181.54 | ↓ -4% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $185.17 | ↓ -2% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $240.09 | ↑ +27% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $310.36 | ↑ +64% |
| Qualcare Inc | WC | $337.06 | ↑ +78% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS | $337.06 | ↑ +78% |
| Qualcare Inc | PPO | $337.06 | ↑ +78% |
| Wellcare | Ambetter Health Commercial | $361.26 | ↑ +91% |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | $381.23 | ↑ +102% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $425.40 | ↑ +125% |
| Cigna | PPO | $428.77 | ↑ +127% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $467.44 | ↑ +147% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $507.00 | ↑ +168% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $507.00 | ↑ +168% |
| First Health | Commercial | $532.20 | ↑ +181% |
| Cigna | HMO | $549.40 | ↑ +190% |
| Aetna | HMO | $585.42 | ↑ +209% |
| Aetna | PPO | $585.42 | ↑ +209% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $596.00 | ↑ +215% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $596.00 | ↑ +215% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $643.87 | ↑ +240% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $669.77 | ↑ +254% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $679.61 | ↑ +259% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $686.00 | ↑ +263% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $737.98 | ↑ +290% |
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Lung Function Test (Spirometry) at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $187.95 | $175.54 – $351.08 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $168.82 | $170.99 – $340.27 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $164.68 | $175.54 – $349.32 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $184.76 | $14.63 – $351.08 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $169.14 | $18.39 – $366.68 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $178.10 | $173.18 – $344.63 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $173.18 | $173.18 – $910.00 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $184.26 | $48.73 – $5,456.00 |