Acid perfusion of esophagus 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

$106.94

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$829.00

Gross charge

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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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$55.97 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $3,053.00 with United Healthcare — same scan, same building. Share

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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
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $55.97 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Community Plan $91.85 ↓ -14%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $94.42 ↓ -12%
Aetna Better Health $100.55 ↓ -6%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $316.67 ↑ +196%
Amerihealth Local Value $392.44 ↑ +267%
Cigna Local Plus $404.13 ↑ +278%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $411.84 ↑ +285%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $415.74 ↑ +289%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $423.78 ↑ +296%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $452.38 ↑ +323%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $456.53 ↑ +327%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $464.73 ↑ +335%
First Health Commercial $497.40 ↑ +365%
Cigna HMO $513.48 ↑ +380%
Cigna PPO $540.83 ↑ +406%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC $557.08 ↑ +421%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $579.88 ↑ +442%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $579.88 ↑ +442%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $579.88 ↑ +442%
Humana Medicare $579.88 ↑ +442%
Aetna Medicare $579.88 ↑ +442%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $579.88 ↑ +442%
United Healthcare Medicare $591.48 ↑ +453%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,014.79 ↑ +849%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $1,153.96 ↑ +979%
Aetna PPO $1,774.00 ↑ +1559%
Aetna HMO $1,774.00 ↑ +1559%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,211.00 ↑ +1968%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,595.00 ↑ +2327%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,601.00 ↑ +2332%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,053.00 ↑ +2755%

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Acid perfusion of esophagus at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $155.60 $75.55 – $1,159.76
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $175.66 $48.14 – $1,190.58
Community Medical Center Toms River $171.93 $49.30 – $1,153.96
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $164.88 $47.56 – $1,184.63
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $172.68 $77.77 – $1,190.58
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $172.26 $52.20 – $1,243.49
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $181.38 $95.12 – $1,168.73
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $587.30 $587.30 – $704.76

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