Ins picad w subq port 5yr> 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

$4,627.00

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.

$4,282.00

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.

$474.44 with United Healthcare vs $10,526.00 with Aetna — 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 $474.44 ↓ -90%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $487.71 ↓ -89%
Aetna Better Health $519.40 ↓ -89%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $1,319.56 ↓ -71%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,635.72 ↓ -65%
Cigna Local Plus $2,070.00 ↓ -55%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $2,127.29 ↓ -54%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $2,147.42 ↓ -54%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $2,188.95 ↓ -53%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $2,336.68 ↓ -49%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $2,358.09 ↓ -49%
First Health Commercial $2,569.20 ↓ -44%
Cigna HMO $2,630.00 ↓ -43%
Cigna PPO $2,770.00 ↓ -40%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC $2,877.50 ↓ -38%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $3,439.84 ↓ -26%
Humana Medicare $3,439.84 ↓ -26%
Aetna Medicare $3,439.84 ↓ -26%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $3,439.84 ↓ -26%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $3,439.84 ↓ -26%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $3,439.84 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,508.64 ↓ -24%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $4,282.00 ↓ -7%
Amerihealth Local Value $4,282.00 ↓ -7%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $4,332.00 ↓ -6%
United Healthcare Nexus $5,085.00 ↑ +10%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $5,097.00 ↑ +10%
United Healthcare Commercial $5,982.00 ↑ +29%
Emblem Health Commercial $6,019.72 ↑ +30%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $6,845.28 ↑ +48%
Aetna PPO $10,526.00 ↑ +127%
Aetna HMO $10,526.00 ↑ +127%

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Ins picad w subq port 5yr> at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $642.02 – $6,879.68
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $1,134.96 – $7,062.48
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $1,162.31 – $6,845.28
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $1,121.28 – $7,027.17
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $660.90 – $7,062.48
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $830.85 – $7,376.29
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $2,242.57 – $6,932.84
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $3,483.84 $3,483.84 – $4,180.61

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