Biopsy of salivary gland 42400 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

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.

$950.00

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.

$56.74 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $3,114.00 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
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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 $56.74 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Community Plan $105.26 ↓ -98%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $108.20 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health $115.23 ↓ -98%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $362.90 ↓ -92%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $471.96 ↓ -90%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $476.42 ↓ -90%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $485.64 ↓ -90%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $518.41 ↓ -89%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $523.16 ↓ -89%
First Health Commercial $570.00 ↓ -88%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC $638.40 ↓ -86%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $768.94 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare $768.94 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare $768.94 ↓ -83%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $768.94 ↓ -83%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $768.94 ↓ -83%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $768.94 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicare $784.32 ↓ -83%
Amerihealth Local Value $950.00 ↓ -79%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $950.00 ↓ -79%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,345.65 ↓ -71%
Cigna Local Plus $1,402.00 ↓ -70%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $1,530.19 ↓ -67%
Cigna HMO $1,782.00 ↓ -61%
Cigna PPO $1,877.00 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,255.00 ↓ -51%
Aetna PPO $2,353.00 ↓ -49%
Aetna HMO $2,353.00 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,647.00 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,653.00 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,114.00 ↓ -33%

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Biopsy of salivary gland 42400 at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $49.52 – $1,537.88
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $48.80 – $1,578.74
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $49.98 – $1,530.19
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $48.22 – $1,570.85
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $50.98 – $1,578.74
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $52.92 – $1,648.89
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $96.43 – $1,549.77
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $778.78 $778.78 – $934.53

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