Biopsy of prostate 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

$6,311.00

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.

$6,593.00

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.

$63.42 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $9,057.00 with Qualcare Inc — 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 $63.42 ↓ -99%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $131.45 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Community Plan $952.68 ↓ -85%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $979.71 ↓ -84%
Aetna Better Health $1,043.01 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare $2,238.78 ↓ -65%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $2,238.78 ↓ -65%
Humana Medicare $2,238.78 ↓ -65%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $2,238.78 ↓ -65%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $2,238.78 ↓ -65%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $2,238.78 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Medicare $2,283.56 ↓ -64%
Cigna Local Plus $3,420.00 ↓ -46%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $3,851.63 ↓ -39%
Emblem Health Commercial $3,917.87 ↓ -38%
First Health Commercial $3,955.80 ↓ -37%
Cigna HMO $4,346.00 ↓ -31%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $4,455.17 ↓ -29%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $4,574.22 ↓ -28%
Cigna PPO $4,577.00 ↓ -27%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $4,812.89 ↓ -24%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $4,859.70 ↓ -23%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $5,089.00 ↓ -19%
Amerihealth Local Value $5,321.21 ↓ -16%
Aetna PPO $5,486.00 ↓ -13%
Aetna HMO $5,486.00 ↓ -13%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $6,031.27 ↓ -4%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $6,031.27 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $6,041.00 ↓ -4%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $6,138.74 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Nexus $6,422.00 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial $7,132.00 ↑ +13%
Qualcare Inc HMO/PPO/WC $9,057.00 ↑ +44%

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Biopsy of prostate at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $124.14 – $4,477.56
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $69.72 – $4,596.52
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $71.40 – $4,455.17
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $68.88 – $4,573.54
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $126.42 – $4,596.52
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $75.60 – $4,800.78
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $137.76 – $4,512.15
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $2,267.41 $2,267.41 – $2,720.90

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