Cytopath smear other source 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

$60.50

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.

$469.00

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.

$23.57 with United Healthcare vs $362.69 with Cigna — 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 Nexus $23.57 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $23.57 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $27.21 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Commercial $27.21 ↓ -55%
Amerihealth Local Value $46.04 ↓ -24%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $49.50 ↓ -18%
Aetna Better Health $56.88 ↓ -6%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $58.39 ↓ -3%
Humana Medicare $58.39 ↓ -3%
Aetna Medicare $58.39 ↓ -3%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $58.39 ↓ -3%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $58.39 ↓ -3%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $58.39 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Medicare $59.56 ↓ -2%
Emblem Health Commercial $102.18 ↑ +69%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $104.25 ↑ +72%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $104.25 ↑ +72%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $104.25 ↑ +72%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $104.25 ↑ +72%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $108.24 ↑ +79%
United Healthcare Community Plan $110.24 ↑ +82%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $113.39 ↑ +87%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $116.20 ↑ +92%
Aetna HMO $178.67 ↑ +195%
Aetna PPO $178.67 ↑ +195%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $235.20 ↑ +289%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $239.75 ↑ +296%
First Health Commercial $281.40 ↑ +365%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC $315.16 ↑ +421%
Cigna Local Plus $362.69 ↑ +499%
Cigna HMO $362.69 ↑ +499%
Cigna PPO $362.69 ↑ +499%

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Cytopath smear other source at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $122.19 $23.57 – $362.69
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $79.67 $23.57 – $362.69
Community Medical Center Toms River $135.01 $23.57 – $362.69
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $93.28 $23.57 – $362.69
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $78.32 $23.57 – $362.69
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $135.27 $23.57 – $362.69
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $142.43 $23.57 – $362.69
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $59.14 $50.74 – $102.13

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