CT thorax low dose for lung screening without contrast 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

$277.22

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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.

$2,149.00

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.

$116.22 with Wellpoint vs $3,077.00 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.

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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

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
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $116.22 ↓ -58%
Humana Medicare $116.22 ↓ -58%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $116.22 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare $116.22 ↓ -58%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $116.22 ↓ -58%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $116.22 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Medicare $118.54 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Commercial $127.82 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $127.82 ↓ -54%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $130.64 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Nexus $143.22 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $143.22 ↓ -48%
Emblem Health Commercial $203.39 ↓ -27%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $231.28 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare Community Plan $238.10 ↓ -14%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $244.77 ↓ -12%
Aetna Better Health $260.67 ↓ -6%
Amerihealth Local Value $336.36 ↑ +21%
Aetna HMO $355.63 ↑ +28%
Aetna PPO $355.63 ↑ +28%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $361.59 ↑ +30%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $820.91 ↑ +196%
Cigna Local Plus $1,047.63 ↑ +278%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $1,067.62 ↑ +285%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,077.72 ↑ +289%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,098.56 ↑ +296%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $1,172.70 ↑ +323%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $1,183.45 ↑ +327%
First Health Commercial $1,289.40 ↑ +365%
Cigna HMO $1,331.09 ↑ +380%
Cigna PPO $1,402.00 ↑ +406%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC $3,077.00 ↑ +1010%

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CT thorax low dose for lung screening without contrast at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $386.09 $73.08 – $487.84
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $435.87 $119.31 – $726.00
Community Medical Center Toms River $426.62 $116.22 – $726.00
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $427.43 $119.31 – $726.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $428.47 $75.23 – $726.00
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $427.44 $94.58 – $704.00
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $450.07 $117.70 – $726.00
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $117.70 $117.70 – $2,083.00

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