Mr safety implant elec prepj 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

$47.77

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.

$224.00

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.

$30.41 with United Healthcare vs $227.35 with Aetna — 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 $30.41 ↓ -36%
Aetna Better Health $33.30 ↓ -30%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $34.76 ↓ -27%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $40.40 ↓ -15%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $44.87 ↓ -6%
Amerihealth Local Value $44.87 ↓ -6%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $79.92 ↑ +67%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $85.12 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc WC $85.12 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc PPO $85.12 ↑ +78%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $106.51 ↑ +123%
Humana Medicare $106.51 ↑ +123%
Aetna Medicare $106.51 ↑ +123%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $106.51 ↑ +123%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $106.51 ↑ +123%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $106.51 ↑ +123%
Cigna PPO $108.28 ↑ +127%
United Healthcare Medicare $108.64 ↑ +127%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $118.04 ↑ +147%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $123.00 ↑ +157%
United Healthcare Nexus $123.00 ↑ +157%
First Health Commercial $134.40 ↑ +181%
Cigna HMO $138.74 ↑ +190%
United Healthcare Commercial $145.03 ↑ +204%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $145.03 ↑ +204%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $162.60 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $169.14 ↑ +254%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $171.62 ↑ +259%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $173.24 ↑ +263%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $186.36 ↑ +290%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $211.95 ↑ +344%
Emblem Health Commercial $223.67 ↑ +368%
Aetna HMO $227.35 ↑ +376%
Aetna PPO $227.35 ↑ +376%

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Mr safety implant elec prepj at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $42.04 $60.53 – $200.64
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $47.46 $44.87 – $205.96
Community Medical Center Toms River $46.45 $44.87 – $199.64
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $44.55 $44.95 – $204.93
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $46.65 $44.87 – $205.96
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $46.54 $44.87 – $215.12
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $49.01 $44.87 – $202.18
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $101.60 $63.81 – $4,332.00

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