Lvad shower bag heartmate 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

$108.36

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.

$840.00

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.

$93.07 with United Healthcare vs $1,841.26 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 $93.07 ↓ -14%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $95.67 ↓ -12%
Aetna Better Health $101.89 ↓ -6%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $244.94 ↑ +126%
United Healthcare Nexus $244.94 ↑ +126%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $288.12 ↑ +166%
United Healthcare Commercial $288.12 ↑ +166%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $310.40 ↑ +186%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $320.88 ↑ +196%
Amerihealth Local Value $397.65 ↑ +267%
Cigna Local Plus $409.50 ↑ +278%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $417.31 ↑ +285%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $421.26 ↑ +289%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $429.40 ↑ +296%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $458.38 ↑ +323%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $462.58 ↑ +327%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $470.90 ↑ +335%
First Health Commercial $504.00 ↑ +365%
Cigna HMO $520.29 ↑ +380%
Cigna PPO $548.01 ↑ +406%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC $564.48 ↑ +421%
Aetna Medicare $601.72 ↑ +455%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $601.72 ↑ +455%
Humana Medicare $601.72 ↑ +455%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $601.72 ↑ +455%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $601.72 ↑ +455%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $601.72 ↑ +455%
United Healthcare Medicare $613.75 ↑ +466%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,053.01 ↑ +872%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $1,197.42 ↑ +1005%
Aetna PPO $1,841.26 ↑ +1599%
Aetna HMO $1,841.26 ↑ +1599%

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Lvad shower bag heartmate at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $157.66 $419.77 – $1,203.44
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $127.14 $266.98 – $1,203.44
Community Medical Center Toms River $124.44 $273.41 – $1,197.42
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $119.34 $263.76 – $1,197.42
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $124.98 $281.45 – $1,203.44
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $124.68 $274.58 – $1,197.42
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $131.28 $281.45 – $1,197.42
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton Hamilton Township $137.67 $254.11 – $1,197.42

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