Whole blood for transfusion at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
1 Robert Wood Johnson Pl, New Brunswick, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1346243375
$427.87
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.
$2,006.00
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.
$261.21 with Wellpoint vs $2,587.00 with United Healthcare — 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 | Medicare Advantage | $261.21 | ↓ -39% |
| Humana | Medicare | $261.21 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $261.21 | ↓ -39% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Advantage | $261.21 | ↓ -39% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Medicare Advantage | $261.21 | ↓ -39% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $261.21 | ↓ -39% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $266.43 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $298.29 | ↓ -30% |
| Wellpoint | NJ Family Care | $361.88 | ↓ -15% |
| Wellcare | Ambetter Health Commercial | $519.81 | ↑ +21% |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | $548.54 | ↑ +28% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $701.89 | ↑ +64% |
| Qualcare Inc | WC | $762.28 | ↑ +78% |
| Qualcare Inc | PPO | $762.28 | ↑ +78% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS | $762.28 | ↑ +78% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $962.07 | ↑ +125% |
| Cigna | PPO | $969.70 | ↑ +127% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $1,057.16 | ↑ +147% |
| First Health | Commercial | $1,203.60 | ↑ +181% |
| Cigna | HMO | $1,242.51 | ↑ +190% |
| Aetna | HMO | $1,323.96 | ↑ +209% |
| Aetna | PPO | $1,323.96 | ↑ +209% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $1,456.15 | ↑ +240% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $1,514.73 | ↑ +254% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $1,536.99 | ↑ +259% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $1,551.44 | ↑ +263% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $1,668.99 | ↑ +290% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $2,199.00 | ↑ +414% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $2,199.00 | ↑ +414% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $2,587.00 | ↑ +505% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $2,587.00 | ↑ +505% |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $268.97 | $246.03 – $492.06 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $303.65 | $252.57 – $505.14 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $285.02 | $252.57 – $502.61 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $298.49 | $252.57 – $505.14 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $297.77 | $265.11 – $527.57 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $249.18 | $249.18 – $357.00 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $265.11 | $212.09 – $518.00 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $246.03 | $225.12 – $356.00 |