X-ray exam entire spi 4/5 vw 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

$204.34

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.

$958.00

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.

$61.70 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $797.05 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
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $61.70 ↓ -70%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $68.53 ↓ -66%
Amerihealth Local Value $68.53 ↓ -66%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $70.43 ↓ -66%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $102.32 ↓ -50%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $102.32 ↓ -50%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $102.32 ↓ -50%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $102.32 ↓ -50%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $123.39 ↓ -40%
Humana Medicare $123.39 ↓ -40%
Aetna Medicare $123.39 ↓ -40%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $123.39 ↓ -40%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $123.39 ↓ -40%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $123.39 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare Medicare $125.86 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Community Plan $130.09 ↓ -36%
Aetna Better Health $142.45 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $143.22 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare Nexus $143.22 ↓ -30%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $153.28 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $177.09 ↓ -13%
United Healthcare Commercial $177.09 ↓ -13%
Aetna PPO $178.90 ↓ -12%
Aetna HMO $178.90 ↓ -12%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $245.55 ↑ +20%
Emblem Health Commercial $259.12 ↑ +27%
Cigna HMO $324.60 ↑ +59%
Cigna PPO $324.60 ↑ +59%
Qualcare Inc WC $364.04 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc PPO $364.04 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $364.04 ↑ +78%
First Health Commercial $574.80 ↑ +181%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $723.38 ↑ +254%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $797.05 ↑ +290%

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X-ray exam entire spi 4/5 vw at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $162.54 $41.39 – $324.60
Community Medical Center Toms River $179.60 $61.70 – $324.60
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $234.00 $37.62 – $655.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $199.55 $42.61 – $324.60
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $179.95 $53.57 – $324.60
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $189.48 $61.70 – $324.60
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $117.70 $93.10 – $295.04
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $125.23 $55.93 – $336.99

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