Manipulation chest wall demonstration/evaluation subsequent 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

$65.90

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.

$309.00

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.

$14.87 with Wellpoint vs $383.00 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.

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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
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $14.87 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Community Plan $41.96 ↓ -36%
Aetna Better Health $45.94 ↓ -30%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $47.95 ↓ -27%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $63.42 ↓ -4%
Amerihealth Local Value $108.11 ↑ +64%
Qualcare Inc PPO $117.42 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $117.42 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc WC $117.42 ↑ +78%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $148.19 ↑ +125%
Cigna PPO $149.37 ↑ +127%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $149.57 ↑ +127%
Humana Medicare $149.57 ↑ +127%
Aetna Medicare $149.57 ↑ +127%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $149.57 ↑ +127%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $149.57 ↑ +127%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $149.57 ↑ +127%
United Healthcare Medicare $152.56 ↑ +132%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $162.84 ↑ +147%
First Health Commercial $185.40 ↑ +181%
Cigna HMO $191.39 ↑ +190%
Aetna HMO $203.94 ↑ +209%
Aetna PPO $203.94 ↑ +209%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $224.30 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $233.32 ↑ +254%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $236.75 ↑ +259%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $238.98 ↑ +263%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $257.08 ↑ +290%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $297.64 ↑ +352%
Emblem Health Commercial $314.10 ↑ +377%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $326.00 ↑ +395%
United Healthcare Nexus $326.00 ↑ +395%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $383.00 ↑ +481%
United Healthcare Commercial $383.00 ↑ +481%

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Manipulation chest wall demonstration/evaluation subsequent at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $40.54 $99.72 – $281.74
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $65.47 $69.72 – $289.24
Community Medical Center Toms River $44.79 $71.40 – $280.33
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $40.97 $68.88 – $287.79
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $56.50 $394.00 – $394.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $64.36 $126.42 – $289.24
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $44.88 $75.60 – $302.08
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $47.26 $137.76 – $283.91

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