Susceptibility mic per plate 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

$9.52

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.

$159.00

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.

$4.07 with United Healthcare vs $132.28 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 $4.07 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Nexus $4.07 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $4.76 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Commercial $4.76 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Community Plan $7.27 ↓ -24%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $8.30 ↓ -13%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $8.65 ↓ -9%
Humana Medicare $8.65 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $8.65 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $8.65 ↓ -9%
Aetna Medicare $8.65 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $8.65 ↓ -9%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $8.65 ↓ -9%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $8.65 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $8.65 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $8.65 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Medicare $8.82 ↓ -7%
Aetna PPO $10.81 ↑ +14%
Aetna HMO $10.81 ↑ +14%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $17.21 ↑ +81%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $18.04 ↑ +89%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $18.14 ↑ +91%
Emblem Health Commercial $18.17 ↑ +91%
Aetna Better Health $23.64 ↑ +148%
Amerihealth Local Value $26.10 ↑ +174%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $26.10 ↑ +174%
Cigna PPO $34.72 ↑ +265%
Cigna HMO $34.72 ↑ +265%
Qualcare Inc WC $60.42 ↑ +535%
Qualcare Inc PPO $60.42 ↑ +535%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $60.42 ↑ +535%
First Health Commercial $95.40 ↑ +902%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $120.06 ↑ +1161%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $132.28 ↑ +1289%

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Susceptibility mic per plate at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Carrier Clinic Belle Mead $68.40 $24.80 – $24.80
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $9.52 $4.07 – $41.08
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $9.52 $4.07 – $34.72
Community Medical Center Toms River $9.52 $4.07 – $34.72
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $9.52 $4.07 – $34.72
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $14.00 $6.92 – $7.13
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $9.52 $4.07 – $34.72
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $9.52 $4.07 – $34.72

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