CT guidance for needle placement at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset
110 Rehill Ave, Somerville, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1003236878
$483.17
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.
$2,859.00
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.
$75.79 with Wellpoint vs $2,615.41 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 | $75.79 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | PPO | $155.73 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | HMO | $155.73 | ↓ -68% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $188.81 | ↓ -61% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $413.12 | ↓ -14% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $424.84 | ↓ -12% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $452.29 | ↓ -6% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/PPO/WC | $1,409.00 | ↑ +192% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $1,670.22 | ↑ +246% |
| First Health | Commercial | $1,715.40 | ↑ +255% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $1,983.57 | ↑ +311% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $2,087.07 | ↑ +332% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $2,107.36 | ↑ +336% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $2,615.41 | ↑ +441% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $2,615.41 | ↑ +441% |
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CT guidance for needle placement at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $506.97 | $71.58 – $591.65 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $550.72 | $160.29 – $726.00 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $560.18 | $147.03 – $726.00 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $568.65 | $160.29 – $726.00 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $541.37 | $73.69 – $726.00 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $561.26 | $92.64 – $704.00 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $590.97 | $151.34 – $726.00 |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton | Hamilton Township | $468.59 | $147.03 – $2,995.00 |