Stenger test pure tone 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

$42.44

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.

$199.00

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.

$11.47 with Wellpoint vs $332.00 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 $11.47 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Community Plan $27.02 ↓ -36%
Aetna Better Health $29.59 ↓ -30%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $31.84 ↓ -25%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $68.92 ↑ +62%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $68.92 ↑ +62%
Humana Medicare $68.92 ↑ +62%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $68.92 ↑ +62%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $68.92 ↑ +62%
Aetna Medicare $68.92 ↑ +62%
Amerihealth Local Value $69.63 ↑ +64%
United Healthcare Medicare $70.30 ↑ +66%
Qualcare Inc WC $75.62 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc PPO $75.62 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $75.62 ↑ +78%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $77.01 ↑ +81%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $95.44 ↑ +125%
Cigna PPO $96.19 ↑ +127%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $104.87 ↑ +147%
First Health Commercial $119.40 ↑ +181%
Cigna HMO $123.26 ↑ +190%
Aetna PPO $131.34 ↑ +209%
Aetna HMO $131.34 ↑ +209%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $137.15 ↑ +223%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $144.45 ↑ +240%
Emblem Health Commercial $144.73 ↑ +241%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $150.26 ↑ +254%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $152.47 ↑ +259%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $153.90 ↑ +263%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $165.56 ↑ +290%
United Healthcare Nexus $282.00 ↑ +564%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $282.00 ↑ +564%
United Healthcare Commercial $332.00 ↑ +682%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $332.00 ↑ +682%

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