Lvad shower bag heartmate 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

$179.17

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.

$840.00

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.

$114.07 with United Healthcare vs $1,263.61 with Emblem Health — 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 $114.07 ↓ -36%
Aetna Better Health $124.90 ↓ -30%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $130.36 ↓ -27%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $151.53 ↓ -15%
United Healthcare Nexus $220.92 ↑ +23%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $220.92 ↑ +23%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $242.85 ↑ +36%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $259.56 ↑ +45%
United Healthcare Commercial $259.56 ↑ +45%
Aetna PPO $286.03 ↑ +60%
Aetna HMO $286.03 ↑ +60%
Amerihealth Local Value $293.91 ↑ +64%
Qualcare Inc WC $319.20 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc PPO $319.20 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $319.20 ↑ +78%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $402.86 ↑ +125%
Cigna PPO $406.05 ↑ +127%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $442.68 ↑ +147%
First Health Commercial $504.00 ↑ +181%
Cigna HMO $520.29 ↑ +190%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $601.72 ↑ +236%
Humana Medicare $601.72 ↑ +236%
Aetna Medicare $601.72 ↑ +236%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $601.72 ↑ +236%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $601.72 ↑ +236%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $601.72 ↑ +236%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $609.75 ↑ +240%
United Healthcare Medicare $613.75 ↑ +243%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $634.28 ↑ +254%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $643.60 ↑ +259%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $649.65 ↑ +263%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $698.88 ↑ +290%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $1,197.42 ↑ +568%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,263.61 ↑ +605%

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Lvad shower bag heartmate at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $157.66 $419.77 – $1,203.44
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $127.14 $266.98 – $1,203.44
Community Medical Center Toms River $124.44 $273.41 – $1,197.42
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $119.34 $263.76 – $1,197.42
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $124.98 $281.45 – $1,203.44
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $124.68 $274.58 – $1,197.42
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $131.28 $281.45 – $1,197.42
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton Hamilton Township $137.67 $254.11 – $1,197.42

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