Mayo methadone definitive assay confirmation urine 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

$21.11

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.

$99.00

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.

$14.72 with Aetna vs $82.36 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
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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
Aetna Better Health $14.72 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare Community Plan $17.30 ↓ -18%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $17.85 ↓ -15%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $19.78 ↓ -6%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $28.40 ↑ +35%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $28.40 ↑ +35%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $28.40 ↑ +35%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $28.40 ↑ +35%
Amerihealth Local Value $34.64 ↑ +64%
Qualcare Inc PPO $37.62 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc WC $37.62 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $37.62 ↑ +78%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $47.48 ↑ +125%
Cigna PPO $47.85 ↑ +127%
First Health Commercial $59.40 ↑ +181%
Cigna HMO $61.32 ↑ +190%
Aetna HMO $65.34 ↑ +210%
Aetna PPO $65.34 ↑ +210%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $74.75 ↑ +254%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $82.36 ↑ +290%

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Mayo methadone definitive assay confirmation urine at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Carrier Clinic Belle Mead $33.20 $12.04 – $12.04
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $16.70 $17.30 – $20.18
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $20.97 $17.30 – $28.40
Community Medical Center Toms River $18.45 $17.30 – $28.40
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $5.96 $17.30 – $28.40
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $20.62 $17.30 – $28.40
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $18.49 $17.30 – $28.40
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $19.47 $17.30 – $28.40

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