Ventilator initial day at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
1 Robert Wood Johnson Pl, New Brunswick, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1346243375
$726.28
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.
$3,405.00
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.
$43.61 with Wellpoint vs $2,832.96 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 | $43.61 | ↓ -94% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $74.16 | ↓ -90% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $326.00 | ↓ -55% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $326.00 | ↓ -55% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $383.00 | ↓ -47% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $383.00 | ↓ -47% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $462.39 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $506.32 | ↓ -30% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $544.80 | ↓ -25% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $767.09 | ↑ +6% |
| Humana | Medicare | $767.09 | ↑ +6% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $767.09 | ↑ +6% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Medicare Advantage | $767.09 | ↑ +6% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $767.09 | ↑ +6% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Advantage | $767.09 | ↑ +6% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $782.43 | ↑ +8% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $1,191.40 | ↑ +64% |
| Qualcare Inc | WC | $1,293.90 | ↑ +78% |
| Qualcare Inc | PPO | $1,293.90 | ↑ +78% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS | $1,293.90 | ↑ +78% |
| Wellcare | Ambetter Health Commercial | $1,526.51 | ↑ +110% |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | $1,610.89 | ↑ +122% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $1,633.03 | ↑ +125% |
| Cigna | PPO | $1,645.97 | ↑ +127% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $1,794.43 | ↑ +147% |
| First Health | Commercial | $2,043.00 | ↑ +181% |
| Cigna | HMO | $2,109.05 | ↑ +190% |
| Aetna | HMO | $2,247.30 | ↑ +209% |
| Aetna | PPO | $2,247.30 | ↑ +209% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $2,471.68 | ↑ +240% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $2,571.11 | ↑ +254% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $2,608.91 | ↑ +259% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $2,633.42 | ↑ +263% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $2,832.96 | ↑ +290% |
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Ventilator initial day at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $598.38 | $45.27 – $1,445.00 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $721.51 | $81.52 – $1,483.40 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $661.19 | $83.49 – $1,437.78 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $566.46 | $80.54 – $1,475.98 |
| Childrens Specialized Hospital | Mountainside | $284.00 | $394.00 – $394.00 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $709.26 | $46.60 – $1,483.40 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $662.46 | $58.58 – $1,549.31 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $697.53 | $161.08 – $1,456.18 |