Abd/low ext cath 3rd at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway

865 Stone St, Rahway, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1861486870

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 4, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$4,627.00

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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.

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.

$2,945.00

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.

$326.30 with United Healthcare vs $3,053.00 with United Healthcare — 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

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 $326.30 ↓ -93%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $335.43 ↓ -93%
Aetna Better Health $357.22 ↓ -92%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $377.20 ↓ -92%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,124.99 ↓ -76%
Aetna HMO $1,148.55 ↓ -75%
Aetna PPO $1,148.55 ↓ -75%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $1,463.07 ↓ -68%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,476.91 ↓ -68%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,505.48 ↓ -67%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $1,607.08 ↓ -65%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $1,621.81 ↓ -65%
First Health Commercial $1,767.00 ↓ -62%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC $1,979.04 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,211.00 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,595.00 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,601.00 ↓ -44%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $2,945.00 ↓ -36%
Amerihealth Local Value $2,945.00 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,053.00 ↓ -34%

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Abd/low ext cath 3rd at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $726.00 – $2,434.64
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $377.20 – $377.20
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $377.20 – $747.35
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $377.20 – $939.52
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $377.20 – $377.20
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton Hamilton Township $5,110.00 $377.20 – $377.20
Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus Lakewood $4,350.00 $377.20 – $377.20
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick $5,741.00 $80.81 – $377.20

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