Sedimentation rate erythrocyte automated 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

$2.97

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.

$51.00

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.

$1.27 with United Healthcare vs $42.43 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey — 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
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $1.27 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Nexus $1.27 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $1.49 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Commercial $1.49 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Community Plan $2.27 ↓ -24%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $2.59 ↓ -13%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $2.70 ↓ -9%
Humana Medicare $2.70 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $2.70 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $2.70 ↓ -9%
Aetna Medicare $2.70 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $2.70 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $2.70 ↓ -9%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $2.70 ↓ -9%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $2.70 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $2.70 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Medicare $2.75 ↓ -7%
Aetna PPO $3.38 ↑ +14%
Aetna HMO $3.38 ↑ +14%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $3.71 ↑ +25%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $5.37 ↑ +81%
Emblem Health Commercial $5.67 ↑ +91%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $6.15 ↑ +107%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $7.15 ↑ +141%
Amerihealth Local Value $7.15 ↑ +141%
Aetna Better Health $7.58 ↑ +155%
Cigna HMO $10.67 ↑ +259%
Cigna PPO $10.67 ↑ +259%
Qualcare Inc WC $19.38 ↑ +553%
Qualcare Inc PPO $19.38 ↑ +553%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $19.38 ↑ +553%
First Health Commercial $30.60 ↑ +930%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $38.51 ↑ +1197%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $42.43 ↑ +1329%

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Sedimentation rate erythrocyte automated at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Carrier Clinic Belle Mead $32.40 $11.75 – $11.75
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $2.97 $1.27 – $11.26
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $2.97 $1.27 – $10.67
Community Medical Center Toms River $2.97 $1.27 – $10.67
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $2.97 $1.27 – $10.67
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $15.50 $2.16 – $2.22
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $2.97 $1.27 – $10.67
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $2.97 $1.27 – $10.67

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