Prgrmg dev eval pm/ldls pm 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

$53.96

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.

$253.00

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.

$34.35 with United Healthcare vs $1,113.00 with United Healthcare — 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 $34.35 ↓ -36%
Aetna Better Health $37.62 ↓ -30%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $40.48 ↓ -25%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $42.90 ↓ -20%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $43.27 ↓ -20%
Humana Medicare $43.27 ↓ -20%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $43.27 ↓ -20%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $43.27 ↓ -20%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $43.27 ↓ -20%
Aetna Medicare $43.27 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare Medicare $44.14 ↓ -18%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $55.31 ↑ +3%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $86.11 ↑ +60%
Amerihealth Local Value $88.52 ↑ +64%
Emblem Health Commercial $90.87 ↑ +68%
Qualcare Inc PPO $96.14 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc WC $96.14 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $96.14 ↑ +78%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $121.33 ↑ +125%
Cigna PPO $122.30 ↑ +127%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $133.33 ↑ +147%
First Health Commercial $151.80 ↑ +181%
Cigna HMO $156.70 ↑ +190%
Aetna HMO $166.98 ↑ +209%
Aetna PPO $166.98 ↑ +209%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $183.65 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $191.04 ↑ +254%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $193.84 ↑ +259%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $195.67 ↑ +263%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $210.49 ↑ +290%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $946.00 ↑ +1653%
United Healthcare Nexus $946.00 ↑ +1653%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $1,113.00 ↑ +1963%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,113.00 ↑ +1963%

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Prgrmg dev eval pm/ldls pm at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $52.69 $35.61 – $83.68
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $41.27 $41.27 – $49.53
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $43.91 $35.13 – $2,033.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $40.75 $37.29 – $113.04
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $41.31 $37.29 – $1,042.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $41.27 $41.27 – $113.04
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $43.91 $43.91 – $118.27
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $41.31 $41.31 – $118.27

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