MRA pelvis 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

$745.36

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$5,778.00

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.

$326.00 with Cigna vs $3,591.00 with Qualcare Inc — 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
Cigna Local Plus $326.00 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Nexus $365.08 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $365.08 ↓ -51%
Cigna HMO $414.00 ↓ -44%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $415.85 ↓ -44%
Cigna PPO $436.00 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $475.56 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Commercial $475.56 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Community Plan $548.79 ↓ -26%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $564.14 ↓ -24%
Aetna Better Health $600.79 ↓ -19%
Amerihealth Local Value $715.52 ↓ -4%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $769.19 ↑ +3%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $899.91 ↑ +21%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $899.91 ↑ +21%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $899.91 ↑ +21%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $899.91 ↑ +21%
Aetna PPO $1,931.67 ↑ +159%
Aetna HMO $1,931.67 ↑ +159%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $2,483.92 ↑ +233%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $2,531.97 ↑ +240%
First Health Commercial $2,971.80 ↑ +299%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC $3,591.00 ↑ +382%

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MRA pelvis at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $869.98 $181.10 – $2,672.97
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $1,125.40 $365.08 – $2,072.00
Community Medical Center Toms River $1,448.48 $326.00 – $2,072.00
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $1,149.24 $326.00 – $2,072.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $1,106.28 $186.43 – $2,072.00
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $1,451.27 $234.37 – $2,010.00
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $1,528.09 $326.00 – $2,072.00
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton Hamilton Township $947.01 $327.00 – $3,493.00

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