X-ray pelvis 1-2 views 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

$154.85

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.

$726.00

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.

$27.06 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $604.03 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 $27.06 ↓ -83%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $30.12 ↓ -81%
Amerihealth Local Value $37.76 ↓ -76%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $37.76 ↓ -76%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $40.68 ↓ -74%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $40.68 ↓ -74%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $40.68 ↓ -74%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $40.68 ↓ -74%
Aetna PPO $55.80 ↓ -64%
Aetna HMO $55.80 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Community Plan $98.59 ↓ -36%
Cigna PPO $102.27 ↓ -34%
Cigna HMO $102.27 ↓ -34%
Aetna Better Health $107.95 ↓ -30%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $116.16 ↓ -25%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $123.39 ↓ -20%
Aetna Medicare $123.39 ↓ -20%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $123.39 ↓ -20%
Humana Medicare $123.39 ↓ -20%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $123.39 ↓ -20%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $123.39 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare Medicare $125.86 ↓ -19%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $143.22 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Nexus $143.22 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $177.09 ↑ +14%
United Healthcare Commercial $177.09 ↑ +14%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $245.55 ↑ +59%
Emblem Health Commercial $259.12 ↑ +67%
Qualcare Inc PPO $275.88 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc WC $275.88 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $275.88 ↑ +78%
First Health Commercial $435.60 ↑ +181%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $548.20 ↑ +254%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $604.03 ↑ +290%

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X-ray pelvis 1-2 views at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Carrier Clinic Belle Mead $192.40 $69.75 – $69.75
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $92.72 $14.56 – $232.44
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $153.83 $27.06 – $238.62
Community Medical Center Toms River $102.45 $27.06 – $231.28
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $123.71 $27.06 – $237.43
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $113.00 $16.50 – $655.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $151.22 $14.98 – $238.62
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $102.65 $18.84 – $249.21

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