Assay of silica 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

$27.73

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.

$174.00

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.

$11.85 with United Healthcare vs $116.92 with Qualcare Inc — 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
United Healthcare Nexus $11.85 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $11.85 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $13.87 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Commercial $13.87 ↓ -50%
Aetna Better Health $21.10 ↓ -24%
United Healthcare Community Plan $21.18 ↓ -24%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $21.78 ↓ -21%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $25.21 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $25.21 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $25.21 ↓ -9%
Aetna Medicare $25.21 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $25.21 ↓ -9%
Humana Medicare $25.21 ↓ -9%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $25.21 ↓ -9%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $25.21 ↓ -9%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $25.21 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $25.21 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Medicare $25.71 ↓ -7%
Emblem Health Commercial $44.12 ↑ +59%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $47.23 ↑ +70%
Amerihealth Local Value $48.02 ↑ +73%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $50.17 ↑ +81%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $51.62 ↑ +86%
Aetna HMO $77.14 ↑ +178%
Aetna PPO $77.14 ↑ +178%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $87.26 ↑ +215%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $88.94 ↑ +221%
Cigna HMO $102.80 ↑ +271%
Cigna PPO $102.80 ↑ +271%
Cigna Local Plus $102.80 ↑ +271%
First Health Commercial $104.40 ↑ +276%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC $116.92 ↑ +322%

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Assay of silica at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $27.73 $11.85 – $102.80
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $27.73 $11.85 – $102.80
Community Medical Center Toms River $27.73 $11.85 – $102.80
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $27.73 $11.85 – $102.80
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $27.73 $11.85 – $102.80
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $27.73 $11.85 – $102.80
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $27.73 $11.85 – $102.80
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $25.21 $25.21 – $115.52

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