Nerve conduction studies 1-2 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

$68.04

Cash price

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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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$319.00

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.

$43.32 with United Healthcare vs $381.23 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.

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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 $43.32 ↓ -36%
Aetna Better Health $47.43 ↓ -30%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $51.04 ↓ -25%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $78.61 ↑ +16%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $80.83 ↑ +19%
Amerihealth Local Value $111.61 ↑ +64%
Qualcare Inc WC $121.22 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $121.22 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc PPO $121.22 ↑ +78%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $152.99 ↑ +125%
Cigna PPO $154.20 ↑ +127%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $168.11 ↑ +147%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $181.54 ↑ +167%
Humana Medicare $181.54 ↑ +167%
Aetna Medicare $181.54 ↑ +167%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $181.54 ↑ +167%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $181.54 ↑ +167%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $181.54 ↑ +167%
United Healthcare Medicare $185.17 ↑ +172%
First Health Commercial $191.40 ↑ +181%
Cigna HMO $197.58 ↑ +190%
Aetna PPO $210.54 ↑ +209%
Aetna HMO $210.54 ↑ +209%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $231.56 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $240.87 ↑ +254%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $244.41 ↑ +259%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $246.71 ↑ +263%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $265.40 ↑ +290%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $361.26 ↑ +431%
Emblem Health Commercial $381.23 ↑ +460%

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Nerve conduction studies 1-2 at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $67.59 $88.86 – $351.08
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $73.35 $59.95 – $366.68
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $173.18 $173.18 – $978.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $184.26 $147.41 – $4,692.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $170.99 $104.00 – $872.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $173.33 $104.00 – $4,008.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $173.18 $151.40 – $1,032.00
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $184.26 $105.45 – $1,301.00

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