Rbc irradiated each unit 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

$203.48

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.

$954.00

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.

$11.16 with Wellpoint vs $2,587.00 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
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $11.16 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health $141.85 ↓ -30%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $173.14 ↓ -15%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $173.14 ↓ -15%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $173.14 ↓ -15%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $173.14 ↓ -15%
Humana Medicare $173.14 ↓ -15%
Aetna Medicare $173.14 ↓ -15%
United Healthcare Medicare $176.60 ↓ -13%
Amerihealth Local Value $333.80 ↑ +64%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $344.55 ↑ +69%
Qualcare Inc WC $362.52 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc PPO $362.52 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $362.52 ↑ +78%
Emblem Health Commercial $363.59 ↑ +79%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $457.53 ↑ +125%
Cigna PPO $461.16 ↑ +127%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $502.75 ↑ +147%
First Health Commercial $572.40 ↑ +181%
Cigna HMO $590.90 ↑ +190%
Aetna PPO $629.64 ↑ +209%
Aetna HMO $629.64 ↑ +209%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $692.50 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $720.36 ↑ +254%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $730.95 ↑ +259%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $737.82 ↑ +263%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $793.72 ↑ +290%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,199.00 ↑ +981%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,199.00 ↑ +981%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,587.00 ↑ +1171%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,587.00 ↑ +1171%

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Rbc irradiated each unit at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $127.82 $8.16 – $326.16
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $165.31 $149.22 – $382.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $165.17 $165.17 – $380.00
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $175.73 $175.73 – $907.00
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $165.31 $165.31 – $353.00
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $165.17 $165.17 – $361.00
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $163.08 $163.08 – $359.00
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway Rahway $123.06 $163.08 – $324.53

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