Myelography via inj w/s&i thoracic 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

$6,311.00

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.

$1,433.00

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.

$140.83 with Wellpoint vs $9,057.00 with Qualcare Inc — 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 $140.83 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Community Plan $207.06 ↓ -97%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $212.94 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health $226.70 ↓ -96%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $231.45 ↓ -96%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $837.15 ↓ -87%
First Health Commercial $859.80 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare $863.44 ↓ -86%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $863.44 ↓ -86%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $863.44 ↓ -86%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $863.44 ↓ -86%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $863.44 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare $863.44 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Medicare $880.71 ↓ -86%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $994.21 ↓ -84%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $1,046.09 ↓ -83%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $1,056.26 ↓ -83%
Amerihealth Local Value $1,156.57 ↓ -82%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,310.90 ↓ -79%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,310.90 ↓ -79%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $1,334.26 ↓ -79%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,511.02 ↓ -76%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $1,718.25 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $3,312.00 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $3,931.00 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Nexus $4,282.00 ↓ -32%
Aetna HMO $4,294.00 ↓ -32%
Aetna PPO $4,294.00 ↓ -32%
United Healthcare Commercial $4,875.00 ↓ -23%
Cigna Local Plus $5,854.00 ↓ -7%
Cigna HMO $7,438.00 ↑ +18%
Cigna PPO $7,834.00 ↑ +24%
Qualcare Inc HMO/PPO/WC $9,057.00 ↑ +44%

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Myelography via inj w/s&i thoracic at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $133.01 – $1,726.88
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $231.45 – $1,772.76
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $231.45 – $1,718.25
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $231.45 – $1,763.90
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $136.92 – $1,772.76
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $172.13 – $1,851.54
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $231.45 – $1,740.24
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $874.49 $874.49 – $1,049.38

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