Thyroid mets imag whole body 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

$645.65

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.

$3,027.00

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.

$55.30 with Wellpoint vs $2,518.46 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
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $55.30 ↓ -91%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $160.72 ↓ -75%
Amerihealth Local Value $346.84 ↓ -46%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $346.84 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Community Plan $411.06 ↓ -36%
Aetna Better Health $450.11 ↓ -30%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $484.32 ↓ -25%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $623.74 ↓ -3%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $623.74 ↓ -3%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $623.74 ↓ -3%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $623.74 ↓ -3%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $624.57 ↓ -3%
Humana Medicare $624.57 ↓ -3%
Aetna Medicare $624.57 ↓ -3%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $624.57 ↓ -3%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $624.57 ↓ -3%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $624.57 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Medicare $637.06 ↓ -1%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $676.03 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare Nexus $676.03 ↑ +5%
Aetna PPO $684.78 ↑ +6%
Aetna HMO $684.78 ↑ +6%
United Healthcare Commercial $745.73 ↑ +16%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $745.73 ↑ +16%
Qualcare Inc WC $1,150.26 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc PPO $1,150.26 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $1,150.26 ↑ +78%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $1,242.89 ↑ +93%
Cigna HMO $1,280.79 ↑ +98%
Cigna PPO $1,280.79 ↑ +98%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,311.60 ↑ +103%
First Health Commercial $1,816.20 ↑ +181%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $2,285.68 ↑ +254%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $2,518.46 ↑ +290%

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Thyroid mets imag whole body at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $568.16 $148.57 – $1,280.79
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $641.42 $160.72 – $1,280.79
Community Medical Center Toms River $627.79 $160.72 – $1,280.79
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $435.19 $160.72 – $1,280.79
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $630.52 $152.94 – $1,280.79
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $629.01 $160.72 – $1,280.79
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $662.30 $160.72 – $1,280.79
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $595.79 $406.29 – $1,325.05

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