Cholesterol body fluid 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

$140.99

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.

$1,093.00

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.

$51.13 with Cigna vs $734.49 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.

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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
Cigna HMO $51.13 ↓ -64%
Cigna Local Plus $51.13 ↓ -64%
Cigna PPO $51.13 ↓ -64%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $109.30 ↓ -22%
Aetna Better Health $132.58 ↓ -6%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $417.52 ↑ +196%
Aetna PPO $426.27 ↑ +202%
Aetna HMO $426.27 ↑ +202%
Amerihealth Local Value $517.42 ↑ +267%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $543.00 ↑ +285%
United Healthcare Nexus $546.50 ↑ +288%
United Healthcare Commercial $546.50 ↑ +288%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $546.50 ↑ +288%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $546.50 ↑ +288%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $548.13 ↑ +289%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $558.74 ↑ +296%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $596.45 ↑ +323%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $601.91 ↑ +327%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $612.73 ↑ +335%
First Health Commercial $655.80 ↑ +365%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC $734.49 ↑ +421%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $20.27 $51.13 – $743.18
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