Echo transthoracic 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

$173.22

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.

$1,025.00

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.

$85.74 with Wellpoint vs $1,192.47 with Wellcare — 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 $85.74 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Community Plan $134.67 ↓ -22%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $138.49 ↓ -20%
Aetna Better Health $147.44 ↓ -15%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $166.11 ↓ -4%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $166.11 ↓ -4%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $166.11 ↓ -4%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $166.11 ↓ -4%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $217.44 ↑ +26%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $420.00 ↑ +142%
Cigna Local Plus $488.64 ↑ +182%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $499.00 ↑ +188%
First Health Commercial $559.20 ↑ +223%
United Healthcare Nexus $569.00 ↑ +228%
Humana Medicare $599.23 ↑ +246%
Aetna Medicare $599.23 ↑ +246%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $599.23 ↑ +246%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $599.23 ↑ +246%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $599.23 ↑ +246%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $599.23 ↑ +246%
United Healthcare Medicare $611.21 ↑ +253%
Cigna HMO $620.89 ↑ +258%
United Healthcare Commercial $647.00 ↑ +274%
Cigna PPO $653.98 ↑ +278%
Qualcare Inc HMO/PPO/WC $708.32 ↑ +309%
Aetna PPO $773.56 ↑ +347%
Aetna HMO $773.56 ↑ +347%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $798.35 ↑ +361%
Amerihealth Local Value $798.35 ↑ +361%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $852.59 ↑ +392%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $852.59 ↑ +392%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,048.65 ↑ +505%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $1,192.47 ↑ +588%

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Echo transthoracic at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $228.43 $80.98 – $1,198.46
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $208.29 $166.11 – $1,230.30
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $204.75 $83.36 – $1,230.30
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $252.89 $104.79 – $1,284.96
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $266.27 $221.48 – $1,207.71
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $606.89 $606.89 – $2,305.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $645.71 $278.58 – $5,399.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $599.23 $264.61 – $2,718.00

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