Thyroid met imaging/studies 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

$288.14

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.

$1,705.00

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.

$101.02 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $1,559.73 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
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $101.02 ↓ -65%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $139.90 ↓ -51%
Amerihealth Local Value $239.15 ↓ -17%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $239.15 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare Community Plan $246.37 ↓ -14%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $253.36 ↓ -12%
Aetna Better Health $269.73 ↓ -6%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $439.15 ↑ +52%
Humana Medicare $439.15 ↑ +52%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $439.15 ↑ +52%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $439.15 ↑ +52%
Aetna Medicare $439.15 ↑ +52%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $439.15 ↑ +52%
United Healthcare Medicare $447.93 ↑ +55%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $463.10 ↑ +61%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $463.10 ↑ +61%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $463.10 ↑ +61%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $463.10 ↑ +61%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $520.83 ↑ +81%
United Healthcare Nexus $520.83 ↑ +81%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $581.65 ↑ +102%
United Healthcare Commercial $581.65 ↑ +102%
Aetna HMO $585.67 ↑ +103%
Aetna PPO $585.67 ↑ +103%
Emblem Health Commercial $768.51 ↑ +167%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $873.91 ↑ +203%
First Health Commercial $1,023.00 ↑ +255%
Cigna HMO $1,148.58 ↑ +299%
Cigna PPO $1,148.58 ↑ +299%
Cigna Local Plus $1,148.58 ↑ +299%
Qualcare Inc HMO/PPO/WC $1,295.80 ↑ +350%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,559.73 ↑ +441%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,559.73 ↑ +441%

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Thyroid met imaging/studies at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $444.77 $260.50 – $1,021.05
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $473.22 $91.58 – $1,166.24
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $439.15 $260.50 – $1,021.05
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $445.16 $304.15 – $1,081.39
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $444.77 $260.50 – $1,158.70
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $473.22 $101.02 – $1,021.05
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $445.16 $138.60 – $1,021.05
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $444.77 $70.84 – $1,021.05

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