X-ray ribs w/posterior anterior chest > 4 views bilateral at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
1 Robert Wood Johnson Pl, New Brunswick, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1346243375
$177.67
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.
$833.00
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.
$23.94 with Wellpoint vs $693.05 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.
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 | $23.94 | ↓ -87% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $57.40 | ↓ -68% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $68.53 | ↓ -61% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $68.53 | ↓ -61% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $83.22 | ↓ -53% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $83.22 | ↓ -53% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $83.22 | ↓ -53% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $83.22 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | HMO | $105.08 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | PPO | $105.08 | ↓ -41% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $113.12 | ↓ -36% |
| Humana | Medicare | $123.39 | ↓ -31% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Advantage | $123.39 | ↓ -31% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $123.39 | ↓ -31% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $123.39 | ↓ -31% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $123.39 | ↓ -31% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Medicare Advantage | $123.39 | ↓ -31% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $123.86 | ↓ -30% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $125.86 | ↓ -29% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $133.28 | ↓ -25% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $143.22 | ↓ -19% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $143.22 | ↓ -19% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $177.09 | ↓ -0% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $177.09 | ↓ -0% |
| Cigna | HMO | $194.33 | ↑ +9% |
| Cigna | PPO | $194.33 | ↑ +9% |
| Wellcare | Ambetter Health Commercial | $245.55 | ↑ +38% |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | $259.12 | ↑ +46% |
| Qualcare Inc | PPO | $316.54 | ↑ +78% |
| Qualcare Inc | WC | $316.54 | ↑ +78% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS | $316.54 | ↑ +78% |
| First Health | Commercial | $499.80 | ↑ +181% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $628.99 | ↑ +254% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $693.05 | ↑ +290% |
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X-ray ribs w/posterior anterior chest > 4 views bilateral at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Carrier Clinic | Belle Mead | $321.20 | $116.44 – $116.44 |
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $156.35 | $27.38 – $232.44 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $176.51 | $57.40 – $238.62 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $172.76 | $57.40 – $231.28 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $202.08 | $57.40 – $237.43 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $173.51 | $28.18 – $238.62 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $173.09 | $35.43 – $249.21 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $182.26 | $57.40 – $234.22 |