Vitamin b-12 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

$16.59

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.

$146.00

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.

$7.09 with United Healthcare vs $121.47 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
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $7.09 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Nexus $7.09 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $8.29 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Commercial $8.29 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Community Plan $12.66 ↓ -24%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $14.47 ↓ -13%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $15.08 ↓ -9%
Humana Medicare $15.08 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $15.08 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $15.08 ↓ -9%
Aetna Medicare $15.08 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $15.08 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $15.08 ↓ -9%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $15.08 ↓ -9%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $15.08 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $15.08 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Medicare $15.38 ↓ -7%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $15.99 ↓ -4%
Aetna PPO $18.85 ↑ +14%
Aetna HMO $18.85 ↑ +14%
Aetna Better Health $21.71 ↑ +31%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $24.60 ↑ +48%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $30.01 ↑ +81%
Emblem Health Commercial $31.67 ↑ +91%
Amerihealth Local Value $45.43 ↑ +174%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $45.43 ↑ +174%
Qualcare Inc PPO $55.48 ↑ +234%
Qualcare Inc WC $55.48 ↑ +234%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $55.48 ↑ +234%
Cigna PPO $61.42 ↑ +270%
Cigna HMO $61.42 ↑ +270%
First Health Commercial $87.60 ↑ +428%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $110.24 ↑ +564%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $121.47 ↑ +632%

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Vitamin b-12 at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Carrier Clinic Belle Mead $64.00 $23.20 – $23.20
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $16.59 $7.09 – $71.52
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $16.59 $7.09 – $61.42
Community Medical Center Toms River $16.59 $7.09 – $61.42
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $16.59 $7.09 – $61.42
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $74.50 $12.06 – $12.42
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $16.59 $7.09 – $61.42
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $16.59 $7.09 – $61.42

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