Lung Function Test (Spirometry) 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

$106.81

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.

$828.00

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.

$91.74 with United Healthcare vs $596.00 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 $91.74 ↓ -14%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $94.30 ↓ -12%
Aetna Better Health $100.43 ↓ -6%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $170.99 ↑ +60%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $170.99 ↑ +60%
Aetna Medicare $170.99 ↑ +60%
Humana Medicare $170.99 ↑ +60%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $170.99 ↑ +60%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $170.99 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare Medicare $174.41 ↑ +63%
Emblem Health Commercial $299.23 ↑ +180%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $306.87 ↑ +187%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $316.29 ↑ +196%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $340.27 ↑ +219%
Amerihealth Local Value $391.97 ↑ +267%
Cigna Local Plus $403.65 ↑ +278%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $411.35 ↑ +285%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $415.24 ↑ +289%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $423.27 ↑ +296%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $451.83 ↑ +323%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $455.97 ↑ +327%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $464.17 ↑ +335%
First Health Commercial $496.80 ↑ +365%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $507.00 ↑ +375%
United Healthcare Nexus $507.00 ↑ +375%
Cigna HMO $512.86 ↑ +380%
Aetna HMO $523.23 ↑ +390%
Aetna PPO $523.23 ↑ +390%
Cigna PPO $540.18 ↑ +406%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC $556.41 ↑ +421%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $596.00 ↑ +458%
United Healthcare Commercial $596.00 ↑ +458%

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Lung Function Test (Spirometry) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $187.95 $175.54 – $351.08
Community Medical Center Toms River $168.82 $170.99 – $340.27
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $164.68 $175.54 – $349.32
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $184.76 $14.63 – $351.08
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $169.14 $18.39 – $366.68
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $178.10 $173.18 – $344.63
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $173.18 $173.18 – $910.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $184.26 $48.73 – $5,456.00

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