Psychotherapy patient individual therapy 45 minutes 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

$110.48

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$518.00

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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.

$77.02 with Aetna vs $430.97 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

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
Aetna Better Health $77.02 ↓ -30%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $82.88 ↓ -25%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $100.17 ↓ -9%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $137.52 ↑ +24%
Amerihealth Local Value $181.24 ↑ +64%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $186.43 ↑ +69%
Humana Medicare $186.43 ↑ +69%
Aetna Medicare $186.43 ↑ +69%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $186.43 ↑ +69%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $186.43 ↑ +69%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $186.43 ↑ +69%
Qualcare Inc WC $196.84 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc PPO $196.84 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $196.84 ↑ +78%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $248.43 ↑ +125%
Cigna PPO $250.40 ↑ +127%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $272.98 ↑ +147%
First Health Commercial $310.80 ↑ +181%
Cigna HMO $320.84 ↑ +190%
Aetna HMO $341.88 ↑ +209%
Aetna PPO $341.88 ↑ +209%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $371.00 ↑ +236%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $376.01 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $391.14 ↑ +254%
Emblem Health Commercial $391.50 ↑ +254%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $396.89 ↑ +259%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $400.62 ↑ +263%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $430.97 ↑ +290%

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Psychotherapy patient individual therapy 45 minutes at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Carrier Clinic Belle Mead $215.60 $75.03 – $392.00
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $97.22 $100.17 – $351.18
Saint Barnabas Behavioral Health Center Toms River $146.36 $97.62 – $175.59
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $109.76 $100.17 – $360.52
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $103.03 $100.17 – $358.72
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $162.50 $192.00 – $195.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $107.89 $100.17 – $360.52
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $107.64 $100.17 – $376.53

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