Wet mounts/ w preparations 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

$19.54

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.

$68.00

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.

$2.52 with United Healthcare vs $72.09 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
United Healthcare Community Plan $2.52 ↓ -87%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $2.59 ↓ -87%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $2.59 ↓ -87%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $3.94 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $8.14 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Nexus $8.14 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $8.32 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Commercial $8.32 ↓ -57%
Aetna Better Health $10.75 ↓ -45%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $11.79 ↓ -40%
Amerihealth Local Value $11.79 ↓ -40%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $17.76 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $17.76 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $17.76 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $17.76 ↓ -9%
Humana Medicare $18.19 ↓ -7%
Aetna Medicare $18.19 ↓ -7%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $18.19 ↓ -7%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $18.19 ↓ -7%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $18.19 ↓ -7%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $18.19 ↓ -7%
United Healthcare Medicare $18.55 ↓ -5%
Aetna PPO $21.83 ↑ +12%
Aetna HMO $21.83 ↑ +12%
Emblem Health Commercial $31.83 ↑ +63%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $36.20 ↑ +85%
First Health Commercial $40.80 ↑ +109%
Qualcare Inc HMO/PPO/WC $51.68 ↑ +164%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $62.20 ↑ +218%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $62.20 ↑ +218%
Cigna Local Plus $72.09 ↑ +269%
Cigna HMO $72.09 ↑ +269%
Cigna PPO $72.09 ↑ +269%

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Wet mounts/ w preparations at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $19.54 $2.45 – $72.09
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $19.54 $2.52 – $72.09
Community Medical Center Toms River $19.54 $2.52 – $72.09
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $19.54 $2.52 – $72.09
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $19.54 $2.52 – $72.09
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $19.54 $2.52 – $72.09
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $19.54 $2.52 – $72.09
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $18.19 $9.36 – $69.42

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