X-ray small intestine follow-through study 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

$160.18

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.

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$751.00

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.

$60.35 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $624.83 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $60.35 ↓ -62%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $86.43 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Community Plan $101.98 ↓ -36%
Aetna Better Health $111.67 ↓ -30%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $120.16 ↓ -25%
Aetna HMO $137.30 ↓ -14%
Aetna PPO $137.30 ↓ -14%
Qualcare Inc WC $285.38 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc PPO $285.38 ↑ +78%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $285.38 ↑ +78%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $395.77 ↑ +147%
First Health Commercial $450.60 ↑ +181%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $545.15 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $567.08 ↑ +254%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $575.41 ↑ +259%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $580.82 ↑ +263%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $624.83 ↑ +290%

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X-ray small intestine follow-through study at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $218.85 $42.60 – $498.67
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $159.13 $60.35 – $135.10
Community Medical Center Toms River $241.82 $60.35 – $123.95
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $202.48 $60.35 – $135.10
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $156.43 $43.85 – $135.10
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $242.29 $55.12 – $131.26
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $255.12 $60.35 – $127.58
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton Hamilton Township $166.85 $60.35 – $123.95

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