Cath left heart/lv gram 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

$1,820.44

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.

$14,112.00

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.

$1,563.60 with United Healthcare vs $20,402.00 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey — 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 $1,563.60 ↓ -14%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $1,607.35 ↓ -12%
Aetna Better Health $1,711.78 ↓ -6%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $3,515.15 ↑ +93%
Humana Medicare $3,515.15 ↑ +93%
Aetna Medicare $3,515.15 ↑ +93%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $3,515.15 ↑ +93%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $3,515.15 ↑ +93%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $3,515.15 ↑ +93%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,585.45 ↑ +97%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $5,056.00 ↑ +178%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $5,315.00 ↑ +192%
United Healthcare Nexus $5,934.00 ↑ +226%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $5,948.00 ↑ +227%
Emblem Health Commercial $6,151.51 ↑ +238%
Cigna Local Plus $6,879.60 ↑ +278%
United Healthcare Commercial $6,981.00 ↑ +283%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $6,995.15 ↑ +284%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $7,077.16 ↑ +289%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $7,214.05 ↑ +296%
First Health Commercial $8,467.20 ↑ +365%
Cigna HMO $8,740.97 ↑ +380%
Cigna PPO $9,206.66 ↑ +406%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC $10,619.00 ↑ +483%
Aetna PPO $10,756.00 ↑ +491%
Aetna HMO $10,756.00 ↑ +491%
Amerihealth Local Value $14,380.00 ↑ +690%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $16,131.00 ↑ +786%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $16,155.00 ↑ +787%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $19,182.00 ↑ +954%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $20,214.00 ↑ +1010%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $20,402.00 ↑ +1021%

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