Insert tunneled cv cath 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.

$7,004.00

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.

$776.04 with United Healthcare vs $18,078.00 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 $776.04 ↓ -83%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $797.75 ↓ -83%
Aetna Better Health $849.58 ↓ -82%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $1,978.25 ↓ -57%
Cigna Local Plus $2,070.00 ↓ -55%
Cigna HMO $2,630.00 ↓ -43%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $2,675.52 ↓ -42%
Cigna PPO $2,770.00 ↓ -40%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $3,479.58 ↓ -25%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $3,512.50 ↓ -24%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $3,580.44 ↓ -23%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $3,822.08 ↓ -17%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $3,857.10 ↓ -17%
First Health Commercial $4,202.40 ↓ -9%
Aetna Medicare $5,907.78 ↑ +28%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $5,907.78 ↑ +28%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $5,907.78 ↑ +28%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $5,907.78 ↑ +28%
Humana Medicare $5,907.78 ↑ +28%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $5,907.78 ↑ +28%
United Healthcare Medicare $6,025.94 ↑ +30%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $6,418.00 ↑ +39%
United Healthcare Nexus $7,534.00 ↑ +63%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $7,551.00 ↑ +63%
United Healthcare Commercial $8,864.00 ↑ +92%
Emblem Health Commercial $10,338.62 ↑ +123%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $11,756.48 ↑ +154%
Aetna HMO $18,078.00 ↑ +291%
Aetna PPO $18,078.00 ↑ +291%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred not published by hospital
Amerihealth Local Value not published by hospital
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC not published by hospital

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