X-ray exam of eye sockets at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
1 Robert Wood Johnson Pl, New Brunswick, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1346243375
$139.28
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.
$653.00
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.
$23.03 with Wellpoint vs $543.29 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 | $23.03 | ↓ -83% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $41.00 | ↓ -71% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $65.73 | ↓ -53% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $65.73 | ↓ -53% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $69.04 | ↓ -50% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $69.04 | ↓ -50% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $69.04 | ↓ -50% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $69.04 | ↓ -50% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $88.67 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $97.10 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna | PPO | $97.50 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna | HMO | $97.50 | ↓ -30% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $104.48 | ↓ -25% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Advantage | $123.39 | ↓ -11% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $123.39 | ↓ -11% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $123.39 | ↓ -11% |
| Humana | Medicare | $123.39 | ↓ -11% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $123.39 | ↓ -11% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Medicare Advantage | $123.39 | ↓ -11% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $125.86 | ↓ -10% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $143.22 | ↑ +3% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $143.22 | ↑ +3% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $177.09 | ↑ +27% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $177.09 | ↑ +27% |
| Cigna | HMO | $180.43 | ↑ +30% |
| Cigna | PPO | $180.43 | ↑ +30% |
| Wellcare | Ambetter Health Commercial | $245.55 | ↑ +76% |
| Qualcare Inc | PPO | $248.14 | ↑ +78% |
| Qualcare Inc | WC | $248.14 | ↑ +78% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS | $248.14 | ↑ +78% |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | $259.12 | ↑ +86% |
| First Health | Commercial | $391.80 | ↑ +181% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $493.08 | ↑ +254% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $543.29 | ↑ +290% |
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X-ray exam of eye sockets at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $119.94 | $24.97 – $232.44 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $138.37 | $41.00 – $238.62 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $132.52 | $41.00 – $231.28 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $98.25 | $41.00 – $237.43 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $136.01 | $25.70 – $238.62 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $132.78 | $32.31 – $249.21 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $139.81 | $41.00 – $234.22 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $117.70 | $58.94 – $295.04 |