Pul art balloon repr percut 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

$3,472.31

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.

$16,279.00

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.

$213.81 with Wellpoint vs $52,604.00 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
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $213.81 ↓ -94%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $782.28 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Community Plan $2,210.68 ↓ -36%
Aetna Better Health $2,420.68 ↓ -30%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $2,604.64 ↓ -25%
Amerihealth Local Value $5,696.02 ↑ +64%
Qualcare Inc PPO $6,186.02 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $6,186.02 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc WC $6,186.02 ↑ +78%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $7,807.40 ↑ +125%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $8,503.00 ↑ +145%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $8,579.03 ↑ +147%
United Healthcare Nexus $8,979.00 ↑ +159%
Aetna PPO $9,614.00 ↑ +177%
Aetna HMO $9,614.00 ↑ +177%
First Health Commercial $9,767.40 ↑ +181%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $10,004.00 ↑ +188%
United Healthcare Commercial $10,563.00 ↑ +204%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $11,816.92 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $12,292.27 ↑ +254%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $12,472.96 ↑ +259%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $12,590.17 ↑ +263%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $13,158.69 ↑ +279%
Humana Medicare $13,158.69 ↑ +279%
Aetna Medicare $13,158.69 ↑ +279%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $13,158.69 ↑ +279%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $13,158.69 ↑ +279%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $13,158.69 ↑ +279%
United Healthcare Medicare $13,421.86 ↑ +287%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $13,544.12 ↑ +290%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $26,185.79 ↑ +654%
Emblem Health Commercial $27,633.25 ↑ +696%
Cigna HMO $49,944.00 ↑ +1338%
Cigna PPO $52,604.00 ↑ +1415%

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Pul art balloon repr percut at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $3,449.52 $782.28 – $25,446.42
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,441.16 $782.28 – $25,319.19
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $3,390.91 $320.76 – $25,446.42
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $12,552.42 $12,552.42 – $15,062.91
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $13,355.34 $709.16 – $14,023.10
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $12,393.88 $1,018.25 – $17,039.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $12,563.31 $954.00 – $17,039.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $12,552.42 $1,018.25 – $15,062.91

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