Special radiation dosimetry 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

$227.81

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.

$1,348.00

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.

$35.26 with Wellpoint vs $4,091.00 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 $35.26 ↓ -85%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $45.92 ↓ -80%
Aetna PPO $52.00 ↓ -77%
Aetna HMO $52.00 ↓ -77%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $145.10 ↓ -36%
Humana Medicare $145.10 ↓ -36%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $145.10 ↓ -36%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $145.10 ↓ -36%
Aetna Medicare $145.10 ↓ -36%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $145.10 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Medicare $148.00 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare Community Plan $194.78 ↓ -14%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $200.31 ↓ -12%
Aetna Better Health $213.25 ↓ -6%
Emblem Health Commercial $253.93 ↑ +11%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $288.75 ↑ +27%
Cigna Local Plus $706.75 ↑ +210%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $787.50 ↑ +246%
First Health Commercial $808.80 ↑ +255%
Cigna HMO $898.03 ↑ +294%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $935.24 ↑ +311%
Cigna PPO $945.89 ↑ +315%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $984.04 ↑ +332%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $993.61 ↑ +336%
Qualcare Inc HMO/PPO/WC $1,024.48 ↑ +350%
Amerihealth Local Value $1,154.69 ↑ +407%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $1,154.69 ↑ +407%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,233.15 ↑ +441%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,233.15 ↑ +441%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,219.00 ↑ +874%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,634.00 ↑ +1056%
United Healthcare Nexus $3,593.00 ↑ +1477%
United Healthcare Commercial $4,091.00 ↑ +1696%

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