Thyroid imaging at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
1 Robert Wood Johnson Pl, New Brunswick, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1346243375
$317.17
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.
$1,487.00
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.
$139.15 with Amerihealth vs $1,237.18 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.
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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| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $139.15 | ↓ -56% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $139.15 | ↓ -56% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $154.13 | ↓ -51% |
| Wellpoint | NJ Family Care | $155.96 | ↓ -51% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $201.93 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $221.11 | ↓ -30% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $237.92 | ↓ -25% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $370.58 | ↑ +17% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $370.58 | ↑ +17% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $370.58 | ↑ +17% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $370.58 | ↑ +17% |
| Aetna | PPO | $429.83 | ↑ +36% |
| Aetna | HMO | $429.83 | ↑ +36% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $466.25 | ↑ +47% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Advantage | $466.25 | ↑ +47% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Medicare Advantage | $466.25 | ↑ +47% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $466.25 | ↑ +47% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $466.25 | ↑ +47% |
| Humana | Medicare | $466.25 | ↑ +47% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $475.58 | ↑ +50% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $520.83 | ↑ +64% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $520.83 | ↑ +64% |
| Qualcare Inc | WC | $565.06 | ↑ +78% |
| Qualcare Inc | PPO | $565.06 | ↑ +78% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS | $565.06 | ↑ +78% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $581.65 | ↑ +83% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $581.65 | ↑ +83% |
| Cigna | HMO | $803.36 | ↑ +153% |
| Cigna | PPO | $803.36 | ↑ +153% |
| First Health | Commercial | $892.20 | ↑ +181% |
| Wellcare | Ambetter Health Commercial | $927.84 | ↑ +193% |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | $979.13 | ↑ +209% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $1,122.83 | ↑ +254% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $1,237.18 | ↑ +290% |
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Thyroid imaging at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $403.74 | $89.78 – $878.30 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $315.09 | $139.15 – $901.64 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $446.11 | $139.15 – $873.91 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $187.76 | $139.43 – $897.13 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $446.97 | $116.19 – $941.71 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $470.63 | $139.15 – $885.09 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $444.77 | $197.91 – $1,021.05 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $473.22 | $139.72 – $1,166.24 |