New Patient Office Visit (level 4) 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

$117.79

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.

$697.00

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.

$93.94 with Wellpoint vs $637.61 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 $93.94 ↓ -20%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $95.55 ↓ -19%
United Healthcare Community Plan $100.71 ↓ -15%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $103.57 ↓ -12%
Aetna Better Health $110.26 ↓ -6%
United Healthcare Nexus $182.61 ↑ +55%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $182.61 ↑ +55%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $214.67 ↑ +82%
United Healthcare Commercial $214.67 ↑ +82%
Cigna Local Plus $365.43 ↑ +210%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $407.18 ↑ +246%
First Health Commercial $418.20 ↑ +255%
Cigna HMO $464.34 ↑ +294%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $483.57 ↑ +311%
Cigna PPO $489.08 ↑ +315%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $508.81 ↑ +332%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $513.75 ↑ +336%
Qualcare Inc HMO/PPO/WC $529.72 ↑ +350%
Aetna PPO $578.51 ↑ +391%
Aetna HMO $578.51 ↑ +391%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $597.05 ↑ +407%
Amerihealth Local Value $597.05 ↑ +407%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $637.61 ↑ +441%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $637.61 ↑ +441%

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New Patient Office Visit (level 4) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $130.82 $88.72 – $95.55
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $147.69 $95.55 – $95.55
Community Medical Center Toms River $144.55 $95.55 – $95.55
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $138.63 $95.55 – $95.55
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $413.50 $261.30 – $261.30
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $145.18 $91.33 – $95.55
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $144.83 $95.55 – $114.81
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $152.50 $95.55 – $95.55

All New-jersey hospitals for this procedure →