Transcath closure of asd 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

$8,108.17

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.

$38,013.00

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.

$890.29 with Wellpoint vs $52,604.00 with Cigna — 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 $890.29 ↓ -89%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $1,069.08 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Community Plan $5,162.16 ↓ -36%
Aetna Better Health $5,652.53 ↓ -30%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $6,082.08 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $10,568.00 ↑ +30%
United Healthcare Nexus $11,157.00 ↑ +38%
Aetna PPO $11,238.00 ↑ +39%
Aetna HMO $11,238.00 ↑ +39%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $12,433.00 ↑ +53%
United Healthcare Commercial $13,126.00 ↑ +62%
Qualcare Inc WC $14,444.94 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $14,444.94 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc PPO $14,444.94 ↑ +78%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $20,032.85 ↑ +147%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $20,835.54 ↑ +157%
Humana Medicare $20,835.54 ↑ +157%
Aetna Medicare $20,835.54 ↑ +157%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $20,835.54 ↑ +157%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $20,835.54 ↑ +157%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $20,835.54 ↑ +157%
United Healthcare Medicare $21,252.25 ↑ +162%
First Health Commercial $22,807.80 ↑ +181%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $27,593.63 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $28,703.61 ↑ +254%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $29,125.56 ↑ +259%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $29,399.25 ↑ +263%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $31,626.81 ↑ +290%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $41,462.72 ↑ +411%
Emblem Health Commercial $43,754.63 ↑ +440%
Cigna HMO $49,944.00 ↑ +516%
Cigna PPO $52,604.00 ↑ +549%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred not published by hospital
Amerihealth Local Value not published by hospital

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Transcath closure of asd at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $8,054.95 $1,175.28 – $40,292.00
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $4,627.01 $1,161.12 – $40,090.54
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $7,918.10 $493.92 – $40,292.00
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $6,961.92 $620.93 – $42,082.35
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $19,875.58 $19,875.58 – $23,850.69
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $21,146.91 $1,602.93 – $22,204.26
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $19,624.54 $1,567.91 – $23,549.45
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $19,892.81 $1,416.00 – $19,892.81

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