Nerve conduction studies 3-4 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

$162.32

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$761.00

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.

$94.33 with Wellpoint vs $758.77 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
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $94.33 ↓ -42%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $99.69 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare Community Plan $103.34 ↓ -36%
Aetna Better Health $113.16 ↓ -30%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $121.76 ↓ -25%
Amerihealth Local Value $266.27 ↑ +64%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $289.18 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc WC $289.18 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc PPO $289.18 ↑ +78%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $361.32 ↑ +123%
Humana Medicare $361.32 ↑ +123%
Aetna Medicare $361.32 ↑ +123%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $361.32 ↑ +123%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $361.32 ↑ +123%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $361.32 ↑ +123%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $364.97 ↑ +125%
Cigna PPO $367.86 ↑ +127%
United Healthcare Medicare $368.55 ↑ +127%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $401.04 ↑ +147%
First Health Commercial $456.60 ↑ +181%
Cigna HMO $471.36 ↑ +190%
Aetna PPO $502.26 ↑ +209%
Aetna HMO $502.26 ↑ +209%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $552.40 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $574.63 ↑ +254%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $583.07 ↑ +259%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $588.55 ↑ +263%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $633.15 ↑ +290%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $719.03 ↑ +343%
Emblem Health Commercial $758.77 ↑ +367%

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Nerve conduction studies 3-4 at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $161.25 $109.59 – $698.74
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $206.13 $74.38 – $729.77
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $344.68 $344.68 – $978.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $366.72 $196.11 – $4,692.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $340.32 $104.00 – $872.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $344.98 $104.00 – $4,008.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $344.68 $187.82 – $1,032.00
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $366.72 $130.06 – $1,301.00

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