Nerve conduction studies 9-10 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

$508.29

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.

$2,383.00

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.

$173.30 with Wellpoint vs $1,982.65 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.

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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 $173.30 ↓ -66%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $189.88 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare Community Plan $323.61 ↓ -36%
Aetna Better Health $354.35 ↓ -30%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $381.28 ↓ -25%
Aetna Medicare $615.67 ↑ +21%
Humana Medicare $615.67 ↑ +21%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $615.67 ↑ +21%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $615.67 ↑ +21%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $615.67 ↑ +21%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $615.67 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare Medicare $627.98 ↑ +24%
Amerihealth Local Value $833.81 ↑ +64%
Qualcare Inc WC $905.54 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc PPO $905.54 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $905.54 ↑ +78%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $1,142.88 ↑ +125%
Cigna PPO $1,151.94 ↑ +127%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $1,225.18 ↑ +141%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,255.84 ↑ +147%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,292.91 ↑ +154%
First Health Commercial $1,429.80 ↑ +181%
Cigna HMO $1,476.03 ↑ +190%
Aetna HMO $1,572.78 ↑ +209%
Aetna PPO $1,572.78 ↑ +209%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $1,729.81 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,799.40 ↑ +254%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $1,825.85 ↑ +259%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $1,843.01 ↑ +263%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,982.65 ↑ +290%

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Nerve conduction studies 9-10 at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $504.95 $208.75 – $1,190.58
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $495.18 $140.37 – $1,243.49
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $587.30 $485.00 – $978.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $624.87 $369.81 – $4,692.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $579.88 $104.00 – $872.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $587.81 $104.00 – $4,008.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $587.30 $354.44 – $1,032.00
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $624.87 $247.73 – $1,301.00

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