Mayo fbl culture fungi blood 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

$22.51

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.

$96.00

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.

$9.62 with United Healthcare vs $82.79 with Cigna — 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 Oxford Metro $9.62 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Nexus $9.62 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Commercial $11.25 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $11.25 ↓ -50%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $11.52 ↓ -49%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $13.12 ↓ -42%
Aetna Better Health $14.27 ↓ -37%
United Healthcare Community Plan $17.19 ↓ -24%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $19.64 ↓ -13%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $20.46 ↓ -9%
Humana Medicare $20.46 ↓ -9%
Aetna Medicare $20.46 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $20.46 ↓ -9%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $20.46 ↓ -9%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $20.46 ↓ -9%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $20.46 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $20.46 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $20.46 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $20.46 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Medicare $20.87 ↓ -7%
Aetna HMO $25.58 ↑ +14%
Aetna PPO $25.58 ↑ +14%
Amerihealth Local Value $26.87 ↑ +19%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $26.87 ↑ +19%
Qualcare Inc WC $36.48 ↑ +62%
Qualcare Inc PPO $36.48 ↑ +62%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $36.48 ↑ +62%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $40.72 ↑ +81%
Emblem Health Commercial $42.97 ↑ +91%
First Health Commercial $57.60 ↑ +156%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $72.48 ↑ +222%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $79.87 ↑ +255%
Cigna PPO $82.79 ↑ +268%
Cigna HMO $82.79 ↑ +268%

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