Brachy source palladium-103 nonstranded 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

$41.69

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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.

$323.18

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.

$35.80 with United Healthcare vs $266.77 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
United Healthcare Community Plan $35.80 ↓ -14%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $36.81 ↓ -12%
Aetna Better Health $39.20 ↓ -6%
Aetna Medicare $87.18 ↑ +109%
Humana Medicare $87.18 ↑ +109%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $87.18 ↑ +109%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $87.18 ↑ +109%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $87.18 ↑ +109%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $87.18 ↑ +109%
United Healthcare Medicare $88.92 ↑ +113%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $92.42 ↑ +122%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $92.42 ↑ +122%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $92.42 ↑ +122%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $92.42 ↑ +122%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $92.42 ↑ +122%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $92.42 ↑ +122%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $106.64 ↑ +156%
Amerihealth Local Value $106.64 ↑ +156%
Cigna PPO $109.88 ↑ +164%
Cigna Local Plus $109.88 ↑ +164%
Cigna HMO $109.88 ↑ +164%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC $119.57 ↑ +187%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $129.27 ↑ +210%
United Healthcare Nexus $129.27 ↑ +210%
United Healthcare Commercial $129.27 ↑ +210%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $129.27 ↑ +210%
Emblem Health Commercial $152.57 ↑ +266%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $162.07 ↑ +289%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $173.49 ↑ +316%
First Health Commercial $193.90 ↑ +365%
Aetna PPO $266.77 ↑ +540%
Aetna HMO $266.77 ↑ +540%

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Brachy source palladium-103 nonstranded at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $60.66 $87.18 – $173.49
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $48.91 $89.50 – $179.00
Community Medical Center Toms River $47.87 $87.18 – $173.49
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $45.91 $89.50 – $178.11
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $48.08 $89.50 – $178.11
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $47.97 $93.94 – $186.94
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $50.50 $88.29 – $175.70
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $88.37 $79.77 – $124.47

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