Myelography neck spine at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
1 Robert Wood Johnson Pl, New Brunswick, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1346243375
$462.00
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.
$2,166.00
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.
$76.21 with Wellpoint vs $1,925.11 with Emblem Health — 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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| Wellpoint | NJ Family Care | $76.21 | ↓ -84% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $91.84 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | HMO | $193.23 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | PPO | $193.23 | ↓ -58% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $239.20 | ↓ -48% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $239.20 | ↓ -48% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $239.20 | ↓ -48% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $239.20 | ↓ -48% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $294.14 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $322.08 | ↓ -30% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $346.56 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna | HMO | $359.33 | ↓ -22% |
| Cigna | PPO | $359.33 | ↓ -22% |
| Qualcare Inc | WC | $823.08 | ↑ +78% |
| Qualcare Inc | PPO | $823.08 | ↑ +78% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS | $823.08 | ↑ +78% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $916.72 | ↑ +98% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Advantage | $916.72 | ↑ +98% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $916.72 | ↑ +98% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Medicare Advantage | $916.72 | ↑ +98% |
| Humana | Medicare | $916.72 | ↑ +98% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $916.72 | ↑ +98% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $935.05 | ↑ +102% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $992.61 | ↑ +115% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $992.61 | ↑ +115% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $1,075.70 | ↑ +133% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $1,075.70 | ↑ +133% |
| First Health | Commercial | $1,299.60 | ↑ +181% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $1,635.54 | ↑ +254% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $1,802.11 | ↑ +290% |
| Wellcare | Ambetter Health Commercial | $1,824.27 | ↑ +295% |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | $1,925.11 | ↑ +317% |
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Myelography neck spine at other New-jersey hospitals
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| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $442.40 | $58.00 – $1,726.88 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $458.97 | $91.84 – $1,772.76 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $488.84 | $91.84 – $1,718.25 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $350.26 | $91.84 – $1,763.90 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $451.17 | $59.70 – $1,772.76 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $489.78 | $75.06 – $1,851.54 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $515.71 | $91.84 – $1,740.24 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $874.49 | $148.54 – $1,936.35 |