Observation direct referral from physician office for admission 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

$373.27

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.

$1,750.00

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.

$237.65 with United Healthcare vs $11,238.00 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 $237.65 ↓ -36%
Aetna Better Health $260.22 ↓ -30%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $271.60 ↓ -27%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $711.39 ↑ +91%
Humana Medicare $711.39 ↑ +91%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $711.39 ↑ +91%
Aetna Medicare $711.39 ↑ +91%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $711.39 ↑ +91%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $711.39 ↑ +91%
United Healthcare Medicare $725.62 ↑ +94%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $922.25 ↑ +147%
First Health Commercial $1,050.00 ↑ +181%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $1,270.32 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,321.42 ↑ +254%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $1,340.85 ↑ +259%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $1,353.45 ↑ +263%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $1,415.67 ↑ +279%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,456.00 ↑ +290%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $1,714.00 ↑ +359%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $2,000.00 ↑ +436%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $4,171.00 ↑ +1017%
Qualcare Inc PPO $5,014.00 ↑ +1243%
Amerihealth Local Value $6,340.00 ↑ +1599%
Emblem Health Commercial $6,365.00 ↑ +1605%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $8,478.00 ↑ +2171%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $8,617.00 ↑ +2209%
United Healthcare Nexus $8,951.00 ↑ +2298%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $9,974.00 ↑ +2572%
Qualcare Inc WC $10,266.00 ↑ +2650%
United Healthcare Commercial $10,531.00 ↑ +2721%
Cigna HMO $10,534.00 ↑ +2722%
Cigna PPO $11,095.00 ↑ +2872%
Aetna PPO $11,238.00 ↑ +2911%
Aetna HMO $11,238.00 ↑ +2911%

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Observation direct referral from physician office for admission at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $328.47 $670.04 – $8,116.00
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $370.82 $687.85 – $8,203.00
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Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $364.52 $687.85 – $6,387.00
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $363.65 $722.02 – $5,761.00
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $382.90 $678.62 – $7,121.00
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