Plcmt dlyd xtn pros 1st vsl at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
1 Robert Wood Johnson Pl, New Brunswick, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1346243375
$5,741.00
Cash price 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.
$6,034.00
Gross charge 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.
$196.39 with Wellpoint vs $6,992.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Wellpoint | NJ Family Care | $196.39 | ↓ -97% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $782.60 | ↓ -86% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $819.41 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $897.25 | ↓ -84% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $965.44 | ↓ -83% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $2,111.29 | ↓ -63% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $2,893.90 | ↓ -50% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $2,929.00 | ↓ -49% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $3,093.00 | ↓ -46% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $3,179.91 | ↓ -45% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $3,446.00 | ↓ -40% |
| First Health | Commercial | $3,620.40 | ↓ -37% |
| Cigna | HMO | $3,623.41 | ↓ -37% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $3,639.00 | ↓ -37% |
| Cigna | PPO | $3,816.50 | ↓ -34% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $4,380.08 | ↓ -24% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $4,556.27 | ↓ -21% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $4,623.25 | ↓ -19% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $4,666.69 | ↓ -19% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $5,020.28 | ↓ -13% |
| Aetna | PPO | $6,992.00 | ↑ +22% |
| Aetna | HMO | $6,992.00 | ↑ +22% |
| 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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Plcmt dlyd xtn pros 1st vsl at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset | Somerville | $6,311.00 | $414.49 – $782.60 |
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | not published | $391.47 – $1,352.71 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | not published | $860.34 – $860.34 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | not published | $881.08 – $881.08 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | not published | $849.98 – $849.98 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | not published | $402.98 – $1,560.02 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | not published | $506.60 – $932.90 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | not published | $1,699.96 – $1,699.96 |