Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj crv-thr/lmb-scr w/img addl 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.
$3,481.00
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.
$472.71 with United Healthcare vs $16,006.00 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.
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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| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $472.71 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $517.62 | ↓ -91% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $556.96 | ↓ -90% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $872.40 | ↓ -85% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $1,218.00 | ↓ -79% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $1,669.48 | ↓ -71% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $1,834.48 | ↓ -68% |
| First Health | Commercial | $2,088.60 | ↓ -64% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $2,526.85 | ↓ -56% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $2,628.50 | ↓ -54% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $2,667.14 | ↓ -54% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $2,692.20 | ↓ -53% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $2,896.19 | ↓ -50% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $2,929.00 | ↓ -49% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $3,093.00 | ↓ -46% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $3,446.00 | ↓ -40% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $3,639.00 | ↓ -37% |
| Wellpoint | NJ Family Care | $4,025.38 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna | HMO | $4,370.00 | ↓ -24% |
| Aetna | PPO | $4,370.00 | ↓ -24% |
| Cigna | HMO | $15,197.00 | ↑ +165% |
| Cigna | PPO | $16,006.00 | ↑ +179% |
| Qualcare Inc | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS | not published by hospital | — |
| Qualcare Inc | WC | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj crv-thr/lmb-scr w/img addl at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $5,855.00 | $375.56 – $1,978.15 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $4,881.00 | $386.61 – $1,739.03 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $5,419.00 | $1,895.02 – $1,895.02 |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton | Hamilton Township | $5,110.00 | $912.85 – $912.85 |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset | Somerville | $6,311.00 | $397.66 – $872.40 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | not published | $959.07 – $959.07 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | not published | $982.18 – $982.18 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | not published | $947.51 – $947.51 |