Brain MRI (with and without contrast) at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway
865 Stone St, Rahway, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1861486870
$649.90
Cash price 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.
$5,038.00
Gross charge 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.
$326.00 with Cigna vs $3,591.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cigna | Local Plus | $326.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Humana | Medicare | $390.30 | ↓ -40% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $390.30 | ↓ -40% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Medicare Advantage | $390.30 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $390.30 | ↓ -40% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $390.30 | ↓ -40% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Advantage | $390.30 | ↓ -40% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $398.11 | ↓ -39% |
| Cigna | HMO | $414.00 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | PPO | $436.00 | ↓ -33% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $493.70 | ↓ -24% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $493.70 | ↓ -24% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $558.21 | ↓ -14% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $573.82 | ↓ -12% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $603.32 | ↓ -7% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $603.32 | ↓ -7% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $611.10 | ↓ -6% |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | $683.03 | ↑ +5% |
| Wellcare | Ambetter Health Commercial | $776.70 | ↑ +20% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $892.31 | ↑ +37% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $1,001.73 | ↑ +54% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $1,076.87 | ↑ +66% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $1,115.27 | ↑ +72% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $1,115.27 | ↑ +72% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $1,115.27 | ↑ +72% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $1,115.27 | ↑ +72% |
| Aetna | HMO | $1,194.32 | ↑ +84% |
| Aetna | PPO | $1,194.32 | ↑ +84% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $2,526.55 | ↑ +289% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $2,575.42 | ↑ +296% |
| First Health | Commercial | $3,022.80 | ↑ +365% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS/PPO/WC | $3,591.00 | ↑ +453% |
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Brain MRI (with and without contrast) at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $945.63 | $169.89 – $1,452.87 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $1,067.55 | $400.67 – $2,072.00 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $1,044.88 | $326.00 – $2,072.00 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $1,002.05 | $326.00 – $2,072.00 |
| Childrens Specialized Hospital | Mountainside | $2,209.00 | $544.09 – $544.09 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $1,049.41 | $174.89 – $2,072.00 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $1,046.89 | $219.86 – $2,010.00 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $1,102.31 | $326.00 – $2,072.00 |