Rmvl sq defib electrode at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
1 Robert Wood Johnson Pl, New Brunswick, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1346243375
$5,741.00
Cash price 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.
$7,345.00
Gross charge 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.
$275.09 with Wellpoint vs $51,774.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Wellpoint | NJ Family Care | $275.09 | ↓ -95% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $997.45 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $1,092.20 | ↓ -81% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $1,175.20 | ↓ -80% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $3,870.81 | ↓ -33% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $4,222.75 | ↓ -26% |
| Humana | Medicare | $4,222.75 | ↓ -26% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Medicare Advantage | $4,222.75 | ↓ -26% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $4,222.75 | ↓ -26% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $4,222.75 | ↓ -26% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Advantage | $4,222.75 | ↓ -26% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $4,307.21 | ↓ -25% |
| First Health | Commercial | $4,407.00 | ↓ -23% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $5,331.73 | ↓ -7% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $5,546.20 | ↓ -3% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $5,627.73 | ↓ -2% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $5,680.62 | ↓ -1% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $6,111.04 | ↑ +6% |
| Wellcare | Ambetter Health Commercial | $8,403.27 | ↑ +46% |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | $8,867.78 | ↑ +54% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $17,048.00 | ↑ +197% |
| Cigna | HMO | $32,859.00 | ↑ +472% |
| Cigna | PPO | $34,609.00 | ↑ +503% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $41,681.00 | ↑ +626% |
| Aetna | PPO | $42,450.00 | ↑ +639% |
| Aetna | HMO | $42,450.00 | ↑ +639% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $44,008.00 | ↑ +667% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $49,037.00 | ↑ +754% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $51,774.00 | ↑ +802% |
| Qualcare Inc | WC | not published by hospital | — |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | not published by hospital | — |
| Qualcare Inc | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS | not published by hospital | — |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | not published by hospital | — |
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Rmvl sq defib electrode at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $5,855.00 | $173.80 – $7,954.64 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $6,839.00 | $4,083.00 – $8,166.00 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $3,786.00 | $3,977.32 – $7,914.87 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $3,986.00 | $4,083.00 – $8,125.17 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $4,881.00 | $178.91 – $8,166.00 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $5,339.00 | $224.91 – $8,528.86 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $5,419.00 | $4,028.20 – $8,016.12 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $4,028.20 | $4,028.20 – $4,833.83 |