Photochemotherapy puva 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

$54.60

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.

$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.

$34.76 with United Healthcare vs $212.99 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
United Healthcare Community Plan $34.76 ↓ -36%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $34.85 ↓ -36%
Aetna Better Health $38.06 ↓ -30%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $40.96 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $67.32 ↑ +23%
United Healthcare Nexus $67.32 ↑ +23%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $68.92 ↑ +26%
Humana Medicare $68.92 ↑ +26%
Aetna Medicare $68.92 ↑ +26%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $68.92 ↑ +26%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $68.92 ↑ +26%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $68.92 ↑ +26%
United Healthcare Medicare $70.30 ↑ +29%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $79.10 ↑ +45%
United Healthcare Commercial $79.10 ↑ +45%
Amerihealth Local Value $89.57 ↑ +64%
Qualcare Inc WC $97.28 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc PPO $97.28 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $97.28 ↑ +78%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $110.12 ↑ +102%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $122.77 ↑ +125%
Cigna PPO $123.75 ↑ +127%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $134.91 ↑ +147%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $137.15 ↑ +151%
Emblem Health Commercial $144.73 ↑ +165%
First Health Commercial $153.60 ↑ +181%
Cigna HMO $158.56 ↑ +190%
Aetna HMO $168.96 ↑ +209%
Aetna PPO $168.96 ↑ +209%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $185.83 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $193.30 ↑ +254%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $196.14 ↑ +259%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $197.99 ↑ +263%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $212.99 ↑ +290%

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Photochemotherapy puva at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $62.54 $41.54 – $139.20
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $65.75 $65.75 – $78.90
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $69.95 $55.96 – $183.96
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $64.92 $59.40 – $173.70
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $65.80 $46.16 – $183.96
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $65.75 $65.75 – $173.70
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $69.95 $45.47 – $183.96
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $65.80 $57.70 – $183.96

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