Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj crv-thr/lmb-scr w/img addl 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.

$2,889.00

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.

$397.66 with Wellpoint vs $13,206.00 with Cigna — 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 $397.66 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Community Plan $417.46 ↓ -93%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $429.30 ↓ -93%
Aetna Better Health $457.03 ↓ -93%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $872.40 ↓ -86%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,687.75 ↓ -73%
First Health Commercial $1,733.40 ↓ -73%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $2,004.38 ↓ -68%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $2,108.97 ↓ -67%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $2,129.48 ↓ -66%
Amerihealth Local Value $2,331.71 ↓ -63%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $2,642.85 ↓ -58%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $2,642.85 ↓ -58%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $2,689.94 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $3,392.00 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $4,026.00 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Nexus $4,282.00 ↓ -32%
Aetna PPO $4,294.00 ↓ -32%
Aetna HMO $4,294.00 ↓ -32%
United Healthcare Commercial $4,875.00 ↓ -23%
Qualcare Inc HMO/PPO/WC $9,057.00 ↑ +44%
Cigna Local Plus $9,867.00 ↑ +56%
Cigna HMO $12,538.00 ↑ +99%
Cigna PPO $13,206.00 ↑ +109%

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Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj crv-thr/lmb-scr w/img addl at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $375.56 – $1,978.15
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $386.61 – $1,739.03
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $1,895.02 – $1,895.02
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton Hamilton Township $5,110.00 $912.85 – $912.85
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick $5,741.00 $872.40 – $4,025.38
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston not published $959.07 – $959.07
Community Medical Center Toms River not published $982.18 – $982.18
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville not published $947.51 – $947.51

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