X-ray skull > 4 views complete 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

$132.66

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.

$785.00

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.

$24.58 with Wellpoint vs $718.11 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 $24.58 ↓ -81%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $45.10 ↓ -66%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $52.46 ↓ -60%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $52.46 ↓ -60%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $52.46 ↓ -60%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $52.46 ↓ -60%
Amerihealth Local Value $69.93 ↓ -47%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $69.93 ↓ -47%
Aetna PPO $85.06 ↓ -36%
Aetna HMO $85.06 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Community Plan $113.43 ↓ -14%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $116.22 ↓ -12%
Humana Medicare $116.22 ↓ -12%
Aetna Medicare $116.22 ↓ -12%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $116.22 ↓ -12%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $116.22 ↓ -12%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $116.22 ↓ -12%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $116.65 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare Medicare $118.54 ↓ -11%
Aetna Better Health $124.18 ↓ -6%
United Healthcare Nexus $143.22 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $143.22 ↑ +8%
Cigna Local Plus $163.06 ↑ +23%
Cigna PPO $163.06 ↑ +23%
Cigna HMO $163.06 ↑ +23%
United Healthcare Commercial $177.09 ↑ +33%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $177.09 ↑ +33%
Emblem Health Commercial $203.39 ↑ +53%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $231.28 ↑ +74%
First Health Commercial $471.00 ↑ +255%
Qualcare Inc HMO/PPO/WC $596.60 ↑ +350%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $718.11 ↑ +441%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $718.11 ↑ +441%

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X-ray skull > 4 views complete at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $117.68 $23.22 – $232.44
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $167.18 $45.10 – $238.62
Community Medical Center Toms River $130.03 $45.10 – $231.28
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $156.13 $45.10 – $237.43
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $154.50 $27.50 – $655.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $164.34 $23.90 – $238.62
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $130.29 $30.04 – $249.21
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $117.70 $67.43 – $295.04

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