Perq transcath closure each 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

$3,040.80

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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$14,256.00

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.

$464.22 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $52,604.00 with Cigna — 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

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
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $464.22 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Community Plan $1,935.96 ↓ -36%
Aetna Better Health $2,119.86 ↓ -30%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $2,280.96 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,929.00 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare Nexus $3,093.00 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $3,446.00 ↑ +13%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,639.00 ↑ +20%
Aetna PPO $4,370.00 ↑ +44%
Aetna HMO $4,370.00 ↑ +44%
Amerihealth Local Value $4,988.17 ↑ +64%
Qualcare Inc WC $5,417.28 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc PPO $5,417.28 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $5,417.28 ↑ +78%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $6,837.17 ↑ +125%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $7,512.91 ↑ +147%
First Health Commercial $8,553.60 ↑ +181%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $10,348.43 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $10,764.70 ↑ +254%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $10,922.94 ↑ +259%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $11,025.59 ↑ +263%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $11,860.99 ↑ +290%
Cigna HMO $49,944.00 ↑ +1542%
Cigna PPO $52,604.00 ↑ +1630%

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Perq transcath closure each at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $2,969.52 $194.69 – $925.36
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $2,233.43 $244.75 – $553.37
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth not published $189.13 – $802.39
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston not published $510.33 – $510.33
Community Medical Center Toms River not published $522.63 – $522.63
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville not published $504.19 – $504.19
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch not published $1,008.37 – $1,008.37
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel not published not published

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