Air conduction bilat at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset

110 Rehill Ave, Somerville, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1003236878

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 4, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$28.39

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.

$168.00

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.

$21.18 with Wellpoint vs $902.00 with United Healthcare — 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
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $21.18 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare Community Plan $24.27 ↓ -15%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $24.96 ↓ -12%
Aetna Better Health $26.57 ↓ -6%
Cigna Local Plus $88.08 ↑ +210%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $89.09 ↑ +214%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $98.14 ↑ +246%
First Health Commercial $100.80 ↑ +255%
Cigna HMO $111.92 ↑ +294%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $116.55 ↑ +311%
Cigna PPO $117.88 ↑ +315%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $122.64 ↑ +332%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $123.83 ↑ +336%
Qualcare Inc HMO/PPO/WC $127.68 ↑ +350%
Aetna PPO $139.44 ↑ +391%
Aetna HMO $139.44 ↑ +391%
Humana Medicare $140.87 ↑ +396%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $140.87 ↑ +396%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $140.87 ↑ +396%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $140.87 ↑ +396%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $140.87 ↑ +396%
Aetna Medicare $140.87 ↑ +396%
United Healthcare Medicare $143.69 ↑ +406%
Amerihealth Local Value $143.90 ↑ +407%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $143.90 ↑ +407%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $153.68 ↑ +441%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $153.68 ↑ +441%
Emblem Health Commercial $246.52 ↑ +768%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $280.33 ↑ +887%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $587.00 ↑ +1968%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $697.00 ↑ +2355%
United Healthcare Nexus $791.00 ↑ +2686%
United Healthcare Commercial $902.00 ↑ +3077%

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Air conduction bilat at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $97.05 $97.94 – $289.24
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $114.50 $128.62 – $394.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $95.40 $20.59 – $289.24
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $57.14 $25.89 – $302.08
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $142.67 $142.67 – $465.00
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