Electrophysiology evaluation 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

$595.98

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.

$4,620.00

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.

$511.89 with United Healthcare vs $3,104.64 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
United Healthcare Community Plan $511.89 ↓ -14%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $526.21 ↓ -12%
Aetna Better Health $560.40 ↓ -6%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $1,320.12 ↑ +122%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,764.84 ↑ +196%
Aetna HMO $1,801.80 ↑ +202%
Aetna PPO $1,801.80 ↑ +202%
Amerihealth Local Value $2,187.10 ↑ +267%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,211.00 ↑ +271%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $2,295.21 ↑ +285%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $2,316.93 ↑ +289%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $2,361.74 ↑ +296%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $2,521.13 ↑ +323%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $2,544.23 ↑ +327%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $2,589.97 ↑ +335%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,595.00 ↑ +335%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,601.00 ↑ +336%
First Health Commercial $2,772.00 ↑ +365%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,053.00 ↑ +412%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC $3,104.64 ↑ +421%

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Electrophysiology evaluation at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $812.00 $1,135.44 – $1,135.44
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $918.91 $1,121.76 – $1,121.76
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $798.20 $243.60 – $2,058.84
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $796.28 $306.24 – $1,231.20
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick $817.36 $227.29 – $1,032.84
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth not published $236.64 – $1,785.24
Community Medical Center Toms River not published $1,162.80 – $1,162.80
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch not published $2,243.52 – $2,243.52

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