Chest X-ray at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset
110 Rehill Ave, Somerville, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1003236878
$83.31
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.
$493.00
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.
$18.52 with Wellpoint vs $450.99 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 | $18.52 | ↓ -78% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $30.85 | ↓ -63% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $34.92 | ↓ -58% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $34.92 | ↓ -58% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $34.92 | ↓ -58% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $34.92 | ↓ -58% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $47.55 | ↓ -43% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $47.55 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna | PPO | $63.31 | ↓ -24% |
| Aetna | HMO | $63.31 | ↓ -24% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $71.23 | ↓ -15% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $73.25 | ↓ -12% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $77.99 | ↓ -6% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $96.23 | ↑ +16% |
| Humana | Medicare | $96.23 | ↑ +16% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $96.23 | ↑ +16% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Medicare Advantage | $96.23 | ↑ +16% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $96.23 | ↑ +16% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Advantage | $96.23 | ↑ +16% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $98.15 | ↑ +18% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $116.42 | ↑ +40% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $116.42 | ↑ +40% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $121.37 | ↑ +46% |
| Cigna | PPO | $121.37 | ↑ +46% |
| Cigna | HMO | $121.37 | ↑ +46% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $126.10 | ↑ +51% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $126.10 | ↑ +51% |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | $168.40 | ↑ +102% |
| Wellcare | Ambetter Health Commercial | $191.50 | ↑ +130% |
| First Health | Commercial | $295.80 | ↑ +255% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/PPO/WC | $374.68 | ↑ +350% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $450.99 | ↑ +441% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $450.99 | ↑ +441% |
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Chest X-ray at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Carrier Clinic | Belle Mead | $198.80 | $72.07 – $72.07 |
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $95.72 | $17.49 – $192.46 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $108.06 | $30.85 – $197.58 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $105.77 | $30.85 – $191.50 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $98.05 | $30.85 – $196.59 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $106.23 | $18.01 – $197.58 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $105.97 | $22.64 – $206.34 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $111.58 | $30.85 – $193.95 |