R&l hrt cath chd abnl nt cnj 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

$4,266.21

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.

$20,001.00

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.

$360.54 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $17,479.00 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.

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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
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $360.54 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Nexus $946.00 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $946.00 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,113.00 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $1,113.00 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Community Plan $2,716.13 ↓ -36%
Aetna Better Health $2,974.14 ↓ -30%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $3,200.16 ↓ -25%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $3,732.06 ↓ -13%
Humana Medicare $3,732.06 ↓ -13%
Aetna Medicare $3,732.06 ↓ -13%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $3,732.06 ↓ -13%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $3,732.06 ↓ -13%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $3,732.06 ↓ -13%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,806.70 ↓ -11%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $7,426.80 ↑ +74%
Qualcare Inc WC $7,600.38 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc PPO $7,600.38 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $7,600.38 ↑ +78%
Emblem Health Commercial $7,837.33 ↑ +84%
Cigna PPO $9,668.48 ↑ +127%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $10,540.52 ↑ +147%
First Health Commercial $12,000.60 ↑ +181%
Cigna HMO $12,388.61 ↑ +190%
Amerihealth Local Value $13,121.00 ↑ +208%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $14,518.72 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $15,102.75 ↑ +254%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $15,324.76 ↑ +259%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $15,468.77 ↑ +263%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $16,007.00 ↑ +275%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $16,640.83 ↑ +290%
Aetna HMO $17,479.00 ↑ +310%
Aetna PPO $17,479.00 ↑ +310%

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R&l hrt cath chd abnl nt cnj at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $4,238.21 $396.36 – $7,217.10
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $2,489.23 $391.58 – $7,181.01
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,166.20 $718.70 – $7,217.10
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $3,560.12 $3,560.12 – $4,272.14
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $3,787.84 $3,030.27 – $3,977.23
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $3,515.15 $3,216.41 – $14,806.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $3,563.20 $477.54 – $14,806.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $3,560.12 $3,560.12 – $4,272.14

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