Place cecostomy tube perc 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

$5,741.00

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.

$2,873.00

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.

$390.15 with United Healthcare vs $8,895.00 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
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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 $390.15 ↓ -93%
Aetna Better Health $427.21 ↓ -93%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $459.68 ↓ -92%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $559.66 ↓ -90%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $790.64 ↓ -86%
Amerihealth Local Value $1,005.26 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare $1,368.11 ↓ -76%
Humana Medicare $1,368.11 ↓ -76%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $1,368.11 ↓ -76%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $1,368.11 ↓ -76%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $1,368.11 ↓ -76%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $1,368.11 ↓ -76%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $1,377.89 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,395.47 ↓ -76%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,514.07 ↓ -74%
First Health Commercial $1,723.80 ↓ -70%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $2,085.51 ↓ -64%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $2,169.40 ↓ -62%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $2,201.29 ↓ -62%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $2,221.97 ↓ -61%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $2,390.33 ↓ -58%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $2,722.54 ↓ -53%
Emblem Health Commercial $2,873.03 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $4,094.00 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Nexus $4,322.00 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $4,816.00 ↓ -16%
United Healthcare Commercial $5,085.00 ↓ -11%
Aetna HMO $5,244.00 ↓ -9%
Aetna PPO $5,244.00 ↓ -9%
Cigna HMO $8,445.00 ↑ +47%
Cigna PPO $8,895.00 ↑ +55%
Qualcare Inc PPO not published by hospital
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS not published by hospital
Qualcare Inc WC not published by hospital

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Place cecostomy tube perc at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $406.24 – $2,577.18
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $790.64 – $2,645.66
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $790.64 – $2,564.29
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $790.64 – $2,632.43
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $418.18 – $2,645.66
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $525.72 – $2,763.23
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $790.64 – $2,597.11
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $1,305.08 $1,305.08 – $1,566.09

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