Platelet pheresis each unit 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

$342.22

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.

$2,025.00

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.

$27.00 with Wellpoint vs $2,920.00 with United Healthcare — 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 $27.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna Better Health $320.35 ↓ -6%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $434.02 ↑ +27%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $434.02 ↑ +27%
Aetna Medicare $434.02 ↑ +27%
Humana Medicare $434.02 ↑ +27%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $434.02 ↑ +27%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $434.02 ↑ +27%
United Healthcare Medicare $442.70 ↑ +29%
Emblem Health Commercial $759.54 ↑ +122%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $863.70 ↑ +152%
Cigna Local Plus $1,061.70 ↑ +210%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,183.00 ↑ +246%
First Health Commercial $1,215.00 ↑ +255%
Cigna HMO $1,349.05 ↑ +294%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $1,404.94 ↑ +311%
Cigna PPO $1,420.94 ↑ +315%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $1,478.25 ↑ +332%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $1,492.62 ↑ +336%
Qualcare Inc HMO/PPO/WC $1,539.00 ↑ +350%
Aetna PPO $1,680.75 ↑ +391%
Aetna HMO $1,680.75 ↑ +391%
Amerihealth Local Value $1,734.61 ↑ +407%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $1,734.61 ↑ +407%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,852.47 ↑ +441%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,852.47 ↑ +441%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $1,903.00 ↑ +456%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,258.00 ↑ +560%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,564.00 ↑ +649%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,920.00 ↑ +753%

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Platelet pheresis each unit at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $275.91 $25.50 – $868.04
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $332.04 $445.55 – $891.10
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $311.67 $445.55 – $886.64
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $326.40 $445.55 – $891.10
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $325.62 $33.00 – $930.68
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $439.57 $357.00 – $527.48
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $467.68 $374.15 – $518.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $434.02 $356.00 – $520.82

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