Thyroid Ultrasound 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

$229.84

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.

$1,360.00

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.

$60.87 with Wellpoint vs $1,244.12 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 $60.87 ↓ -74%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $67.14 ↓ -71%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $114.68 ↓ -50%
Amerihealth Local Value $114.68 ↓ -50%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $116.22 ↓ -49%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $116.22 ↓ -49%
Humana Medicare $116.22 ↓ -49%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $116.22 ↓ -49%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $116.22 ↓ -49%
Aetna Medicare $116.22 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Medicare $118.54 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Nexus $143.22 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $143.22 ↓ -38%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $149.49 ↓ -35%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $149.49 ↓ -35%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $149.49 ↓ -35%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $149.49 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare Commercial $177.09 ↓ -23%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $177.09 ↓ -23%
United Healthcare Community Plan $196.52 ↓ -14%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $202.09 ↓ -12%
Emblem Health Commercial $203.39 ↓ -12%
Aetna Better Health $215.15 ↓ -6%
Aetna PPO $224.49 ↓ -2%
Aetna HMO $224.49 ↓ -2%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $231.28 ↑ +1%
Cigna HMO $437.49 ↑ +90%
Cigna PPO $437.49 ↑ +90%
Cigna Local Plus $437.49 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial $816.00 ↑ +255%
Qualcare Inc HMO/PPO/WC $960.00 ↑ +318%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,244.12 ↑ +441%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,244.12 ↑ +441%

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Thyroid Ultrasound at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $209.09 $57.49 – $437.49
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $235.42 $67.14 – $437.49
Community Medical Center Toms River $231.04 $67.14 – $437.49
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $270.50 $67.14 – $437.49
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $231.42 $59.18 – $437.49
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $231.48 $67.14 – $437.49
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $243.74 $67.14 – $437.49
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $117.70 $106.67 – $322.11

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