Bone marrow imaging body 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

$245.22

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.

$1,901.00

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.

$153.41 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $1,343.80 with Aetna — 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 $153.41 ↓ -37%
United Healthcare Community Plan $210.63 ↓ -14%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $216.52 ↓ -12%
Aetna Better Health $230.59 ↓ -6%
Amerihealth Local Value $258.89 ↑ +6%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $278.31 ↑ +13%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $358.14 ↑ +46%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $358.14 ↑ +46%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $358.14 ↑ +46%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $358.14 ↑ +46%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $439.15 ↑ +79%
Aetna Medicare $439.15 ↑ +79%
Humana Medicare $439.15 ↑ +79%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $439.15 ↑ +79%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $439.15 ↑ +79%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $439.15 ↑ +79%
United Healthcare Medicare $447.93 ↑ +83%
United Healthcare Nexus $520.83 ↑ +112%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $520.83 ↑ +112%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $581.65 ↑ +137%
United Healthcare Commercial $581.65 ↑ +137%
Emblem Health Commercial $768.51 ↑ +213%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $873.91 ↑ +256%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $953.35 ↑ +289%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $971.79 ↑ +296%
Cigna HMO $1,008.09 ↑ +311%
Cigna PPO $1,008.09 ↑ +311%
Cigna Local Plus $1,008.09 ↑ +311%
First Health Commercial $1,140.60 ↑ +365%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC $1,277.47 ↑ +421%
Aetna HMO $1,343.80 ↑ +448%
Aetna PPO $1,343.80 ↑ +448%

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Bone marrow imaging body at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $466.60 $153.41 – $1,008.09
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $378.10 $153.41 – $1,008.09
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $458.67 $123.56 – $1,008.09
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $488.12 $153.41 – $1,008.09
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $513.96 $153.41 – $1,008.09
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $444.77 $305.21 – $1,021.05
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $473.22 $139.07 – $1,166.24
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $439.15 $305.21 – $1,021.05

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