Echo exam of fetal heart 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

$286.96

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.

$1,698.00

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.

$99.22 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $1,553.33 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
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $99.22 ↓ -65%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $144.01 ↓ -50%
Amerihealth Local Value $156.64 ↓ -45%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $156.64 ↓ -45%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $226.59 ↓ -21%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $226.59 ↓ -21%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $226.59 ↓ -21%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $226.59 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare Community Plan $245.36 ↓ -14%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $252.32 ↓ -12%
Aetna Better Health $268.62 ↓ -6%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $420.00 ↑ +46%
Aetna HMO $483.50 ↑ +68%
Aetna PPO $483.50 ↑ +68%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $499.00 ↑ +74%
United Healthcare Nexus $569.00 ↑ +98%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $599.23 ↑ +109%
Aetna Medicare $599.23 ↑ +109%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $599.23 ↑ +109%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $599.23 ↑ +109%
Humana Medicare $599.23 ↑ +109%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $599.23 ↑ +109%
United Healthcare Medicare $611.21 ↑ +113%
United Healthcare Commercial $647.00 ↑ +125%
Cigna Local Plus $890.26 ↑ +210%
First Health Commercial $1,018.80 ↑ +255%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,048.65 ↑ +265%
Cigna HMO $1,131.20 ↑ +294%
Cigna PPO $1,191.48 ↑ +315%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $1,192.47 ↑ +316%
Qualcare Inc HMO/PPO/WC $1,290.48 ↑ +350%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,553.33 ↑ +441%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,553.33 ↑ +441%

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Echo exam of fetal heart at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $360.38 $48.09 – $1,198.46
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $287.33 $99.22 – $1,230.30
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $337.73 $99.22 – $1,224.15
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $282.45 $99.22 – $1,230.30
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $420.09 $99.22 – $1,207.71
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $606.89 $147.94 – $1,307.42
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $645.71 $89.95 – $1,493.34
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $599.23 $147.94 – $1,307.42

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