Allograft epieffect 2x3cm-q4186-cost per sq cm 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

$116.78

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.

$905.33

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.

$103.11 with Fidelis Care vs $543.19 with First Health — 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
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $103.11 ↓ -12%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $156.87 ↑ +34%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $158.33 ↑ +36%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $158.33 ↑ +36%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $158.33 ↑ +36%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $158.33 ↑ +36%
Cigna PPO $160.70 ↑ +38%
Cigna Local Plus $160.70 ↑ +38%
Cigna HMO $160.70 ↑ +38%
United Healthcare Commercial $166.25 ↑ +42%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $166.25 ↑ +42%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $180.37 ↑ +54%
Amerihealth Local Value $180.37 ↑ +54%
Aetna HMO $353.07 ↑ +202%
Aetna PPO $353.07 ↑ +202%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $454.02 ↑ +289%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $462.80 ↑ +296%
First Health Commercial $543.19 ↑ +365%
Aetna Better Health not published by hospital
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC not published by hospital

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Allograft epieffect 2x3cm-q4186-cost per sq cm at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $169.93 $160.70 – $965.81
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $137.02 $156.87 – $194.75
Community Medical Center Toms River $134.11 $156.87 – $190.00
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $128.62 $156.87 – $194.75
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $134.69 $156.87 – $194.75
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $134.37 $156.87 – $211.98
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $141.48 $156.87 – $194.75
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton Hamilton Township $148.38 $156.87 – $190.00

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