Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation 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

$66.07

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.

$391.00

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.

$15.96 with United Healthcare vs $357.68 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 Oxford Metro $15.96 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Nexus $15.96 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Commercial $18.39 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $18.39 ↓ -72%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $19.68 ↓ -70%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $36.73 ↓ -44%
Amerihealth Local Value $36.73 ↓ -44%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $42.90 ↓ -35%
Humana Medicare $42.90 ↓ -35%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $42.90 ↓ -35%
Aetna Medicare $42.90 ↓ -35%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $42.90 ↓ -35%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $42.90 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare Medicare $43.76 ↓ -34%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $56.32 ↓ -15%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $56.32 ↓ -15%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $56.32 ↓ -15%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $56.32 ↓ -15%
Aetna Better Health $61.85 ↓ -6%
United Healthcare Community Plan $64.64 ↓ -2%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $66.48 ↑ +1%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $66.48 ↑ +1%
Emblem Health Commercial $75.08 ↑ +14%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $85.37 ↑ +29%
Aetna PPO $106.67 ↑ +61%
Aetna HMO $106.67 ↑ +61%
Cigna HMO $195.95 ↑ +197%
Cigna PPO $195.95 ↑ +197%
Cigna Local Plus $195.95 ↑ +197%
First Health Commercial $234.60 ↑ +255%
Qualcare Inc HMO/PPO/WC $297.16 ↑ +350%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $357.68 ↑ +441%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $357.68 ↑ +441%

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Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $47.11 $15.96 – $195.95
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $47.25 $15.96 – $195.95
Community Medical Center Toms River $52.05 $15.96 – $195.95
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $29.83 $15.96 – $195.95
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $46.45 $15.96 – $195.95
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $52.15 $15.96 – $195.95
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $54.91 $15.96 – $195.95
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $43.44 $43.44 – $69.46

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