Ultrasound guided needle placement supervision & interpretation at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
1 Robert Wood Johnson Pl, New Brunswick, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1346243375
$193.88
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.
$909.00
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.
$55.80 with Wellpoint vs $756.28 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.
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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| Wellpoint | NJ Family Care | $55.80 | ↓ -71% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $60.68 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | PPO | $82.35 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | HMO | $82.35 | ↓ -58% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $123.44 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $135.16 | ↓ -30% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $145.44 | ↓ -25% |
| Qualcare Inc | WC | $345.42 | ↑ +78% |
| Qualcare Inc | PPO | $345.42 | ↑ +78% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS | $345.42 | ↑ +78% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $363.28 | ↑ +87% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $363.28 | ↑ +87% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $363.28 | ↑ +87% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $363.28 | ↑ +87% |
| First Health | Commercial | $545.40 | ↑ +181% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $686.38 | ↑ +254% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $756.28 | ↑ +290% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $170.61 | $8.97 – $299.10 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $192.61 | $60.68 – $166.00 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $188.52 | $60.68 – $74.35 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $249.61 | $60.68 – $81.03 |
| Childrens Specialized Hospital | Mountainside | $331.50 | $264.00 – $264.00 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $189.34 | $30.70 – $166.00 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $188.89 | $38.60 – $144.60 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $198.88 | $60.68 – $166.00 |