Mr elastography at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
1 Robert Wood Johnson Pl, New Brunswick, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1346243375
$396.31
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.
$1,858.00
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.
$133.47 with Amerihealth vs $1,545.85 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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| Amerihealth | Local Value | $133.47 | ↓ -66% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $133.47 | ↓ -66% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $173.94 | ↓ -56% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $252.31 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $276.28 | ↓ -30% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $280.47 | ↓ -29% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $280.47 | ↓ -29% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $280.47 | ↓ -29% |
| Humana | Medicare | $280.47 | ↓ -29% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Medicare Advantage | $280.47 | ↓ -29% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Advantage | $280.47 | ↓ -29% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $286.08 | ↓ -28% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $297.28 | ↓ -25% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $312.92 | ↓ -21% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $312.92 | ↓ -21% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $368.20 | ↓ -7% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $368.20 | ↓ -7% |
| Cigna | HMO | $414.00 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | HMO | $428.15 | ↑ +8% |
| Aetna | PPO | $428.15 | ↑ +8% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $431.90 | ↑ +9% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $431.90 | ↑ +9% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $431.90 | ↑ +9% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $431.90 | ↑ +9% |
| Cigna | PPO | $436.00 | ↑ +10% |
| Wellcare | Ambetter Health Commercial | $558.14 | ↑ +41% |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | $588.99 | ↑ +49% |
| Qualcare Inc | PPO | $706.04 | ↑ +78% |
| Qualcare Inc | WC | $706.04 | ↑ +78% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS | $706.04 | ↑ +78% |
| First Health | Commercial | $1,114.80 | ↑ +181% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $1,402.97 | ↑ +254% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $1,545.85 | ↑ +290% |
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Mr elastography at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $339.35 | $133.47 – $2,072.00 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $267.55 | $189.83 – $559.79 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $284.66 | $157.68 – $711.68 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $264.17 | $189.83 – $559.79 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $267.78 | $169.75 – $594.31 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $267.55 | $186.55 – $707.07 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $284.66 | $173.94 – $559.79 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $267.78 | $189.83 – $559.79 |