Beta-2 microglobulin 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

$17.80

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.

$145.00

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.

$7.60 with United Healthcare vs $132.64 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
United Healthcare Nexus $7.60 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $7.60 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $8.90 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Commercial $8.90 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Community Plan $13.59 ↓ -24%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $13.98 ↓ -21%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $13.98 ↓ -21%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $16.18 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $16.18 ↓ -9%
Aetna Medicare $16.18 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $16.18 ↓ -9%
Humana Medicare $16.18 ↓ -9%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $16.18 ↓ -9%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $16.18 ↓ -9%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $16.18 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $16.18 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $16.18 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Medicare $16.50 ↓ -7%
Aetna HMO $19.42 ↑ +9%
Aetna PPO $19.42 ↑ +9%
Aetna Better Health $22.93 ↑ +29%
Emblem Health Commercial $28.32 ↑ +59%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $32.20 ↑ +81%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $40.18 ↑ +126%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $48.72 ↑ +174%
Amerihealth Local Value $48.72 ↑ +174%
Cigna HMO $65.43 ↑ +268%
Cigna PPO $65.43 ↑ +268%
Cigna Local Plus $65.43 ↑ +268%
First Health Commercial $87.00 ↑ +389%
Qualcare Inc HMO/PPO/WC $110.20 ↑ +519%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $132.64 ↑ +645%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $132.64 ↑ +645%

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Beta-2 microglobulin at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $17.80 $7.60 – $76.69
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $17.80 $7.60 – $65.43
Community Medical Center Toms River $17.80 $7.60 – $65.43
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $17.80 $7.60 – $65.43
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $67.00 $12.94 – $13.33
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $17.80 $7.60 – $65.43
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $17.80 $7.60 – $65.43
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $17.80 $7.60 – $65.43

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