Echo transesophageal intraop 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

$510.38

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.

$3,020.00

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.

$64.80 with Wellpoint vs $2,511.12 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
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $64.80 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Community Plan $396.65 ↓ -22%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $407.90 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $420.00 ↓ -18%
Aetna Better Health $434.25 ↓ -15%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $499.00 ↓ -2%
United Healthcare Nexus $569.00 ↑ +11%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $599.23 ↑ +17%
Humana Medicare $599.23 ↑ +17%
Aetna Medicare $599.23 ↑ +17%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $599.23 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $599.23 ↑ +17%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $599.23 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare Medicare $611.21 ↑ +20%
United Healthcare Commercial $647.00 ↑ +27%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,048.65 ↑ +105%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $1,192.47 ↑ +134%
Cigna Local Plus $1,439.20 ↑ +182%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $1,561.34 ↑ +206%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,603.62 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial $1,647.00 ↑ +223%
Cigna HMO $1,828.71 ↑ +258%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $1,904.48 ↑ +273%
Cigna PPO $1,926.16 ↑ +277%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $2,003.85 ↑ +293%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $2,023.33 ↑ +296%
Qualcare Inc HMO/PPO/WC $2,086.20 ↑ +309%
Aetna HMO $2,278.35 ↑ +346%
Aetna PPO $2,278.35 ↑ +346%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $2,351.36 ↑ +361%
Amerihealth Local Value $2,351.36 ↑ +361%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $2,511.12 ↑ +392%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $2,511.12 ↑ +392%

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Echo transesophageal intraop at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $864.92 $61.20 – $1,198.46
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $781.06 $615.15 – $1,230.30
Community Medical Center Toms River $955.69 $599.23 – $1,192.47
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $600.67 $615.15 – $1,224.15
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $767.79 $63.00 – $1,230.30
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $957.54 $79.20 – $1,284.96
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $606.89 $606.89 – $2,305.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $645.71 $516.57 – $5,399.00

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