Esophagus motility study 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

$302.11

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.

$2,342.00

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.

$259.49 with United Healthcare vs $3,053.00 with United Healthcare — 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 $259.49 ↓ -14%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $266.75 ↓ -12%
Aetna Better Health $284.08 ↓ -6%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $579.88 ↑ +92%
Humana Medicare $579.88 ↑ +92%
Aetna Medicare $579.88 ↑ +92%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $579.88 ↑ +92%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $579.88 ↑ +92%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $579.88 ↑ +92%
United Healthcare Medicare $591.48 ↑ +96%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $894.64 ↑ +196%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,014.79 ↑ +236%
Amerihealth Local Value $1,108.70 ↑ +267%
Cigna Local Plus $1,141.72 ↑ +278%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $1,153.96 ↑ +282%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $1,163.50 ↑ +285%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,174.51 ↑ +289%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,197.23 ↑ +296%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $1,278.02 ↑ +323%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $1,289.73 ↑ +327%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $1,312.92 ↑ +335%
First Health Commercial $1,405.20 ↑ +365%
Cigna HMO $1,450.63 ↑ +380%
Cigna PPO $1,527.92 ↑ +406%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC $1,573.82 ↑ +421%
Aetna PPO $1,774.00 ↑ +487%
Aetna HMO $1,774.00 ↑ +487%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,211.00 ↑ +632%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $2,341.09 ↑ +675%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,595.00 ↑ +759%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,601.00 ↑ +761%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,053.00 ↑ +911%

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Esophagus motility study at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $558.59 $114.98 – $1,159.76
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $773.85 $595.29 – $1,190.58
Community Medical Center Toms River $617.22 $579.88 – $1,153.96
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $465.82 $595.29 – $1,184.63
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $760.71 $118.37 – $1,190.58
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $618.41 $148.80 – $1,243.49
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $651.14 $587.30 – $1,168.73
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $587.30 $587.30 – $704.76

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