X-ray esophogram chest radiograph(s) & delayed images single contrast study 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

$151.08

Cash price

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$894.00

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.

$45.92 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $817.83 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 $45.92 ↓ -70%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $53.58 ↓ -65%
Amerihealth Local Value $93.70 ↓ -38%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $93.70 ↓ -38%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $112.94 ↓ -25%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $112.94 ↓ -25%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $112.94 ↓ -25%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $112.94 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare Community Plan $129.18 ↓ -14%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $132.84 ↓ -12%
Aetna Better Health $141.43 ↓ -6%
Aetna PPO $183.81 ↑ +22%
Aetna HMO $183.81 ↑ +22%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $194.55 ↑ +29%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $194.55 ↑ +29%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $194.55 ↑ +29%
Aetna Medicare $194.55 ↑ +29%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $194.55 ↑ +29%
Humana Medicare $194.55 ↑ +29%
United Healthcare Medicare $198.44 ↑ +31%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $241.66 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare Nexus $241.66 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $287.91 ↑ +91%
United Healthcare Commercial $287.91 ↑ +91%
Emblem Health Commercial $340.46 ↑ +125%
Cigna Local Plus $361.06 ↑ +139%
Cigna HMO $361.06 ↑ +139%
Cigna PPO $361.06 ↑ +139%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $387.15 ↑ +156%
First Health Commercial $536.40 ↑ +255%
Qualcare Inc HMO/PPO/WC $679.44 ↑ +350%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $817.83 ↑ +441%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $817.83 ↑ +441%

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X-ray esophogram chest radiograph(s) & delayed images single contrast study at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $205.34 $50.60 – $389.10
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $190.92 $45.92 – $399.44
Community Medical Center Toms River $226.89 $45.92 – $387.15
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $177.81 $45.92 – $397.44
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $187.67 $45.92 – $399.44
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $227.33 $45.92 – $417.20
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $239.36 $45.92 – $392.11
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $197.04 $89.00 – $483.42

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