Red blood cells leukocytes reduced 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.

$13.95 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 $13.95 ↓ -93%
Aetna Better Health $141.85 ↓ -30%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $296.81 ↑ +46%
Humana Medicare $296.81 ↑ +46%
Aetna Medicare $296.81 ↑ +46%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $296.81 ↑ +46%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $296.81 ↑ +46%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $296.81 ↑ +46%
United Healthcare Medicare $302.75 ↑ +49%
Amerihealth Local Value $333.80 ↑ +64%
Qualcare Inc WC $362.52 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $362.52 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc PPO $362.52 ↑ +78%
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%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $590.65 ↑ +190%
Cigna HMO $590.90 ↑ +190%
Emblem Health Commercial $623.30 ↑ +206%
Aetna HMO $629.64 ↑ +209%
Aetna PPO $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 Oxford Commercial $2,587.00 ↑ +1171%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,587.00 ↑ +1171%

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Red blood cells leukocytes reduced irradiated each unit at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $128.01 $8.16 – $559.12
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $144.51 $286.99 – $573.98
Community Medical Center Toms River $141.44 $279.56 – $556.32
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $135.64 $286.99 – $571.11
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $142.06 $286.99 – $573.98
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $141.71 $10.56 – $599.49
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $149.22 $283.13 – $2,199.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $283.38 $255.80 – $382.00

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