MRA spinal canal at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway
865 Stone St, Rahway, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1861486870
$679.44
Cash price 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.
$5,267.00
Gross charge 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Cigna | Local Plus | $326.00 | ↓ -52% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $375.54 | ↓ -45% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $375.54 | ↓ -45% |
| Cigna | HMO | $414.00 | ↓ -39% |
| Cigna | PPO | $436.00 | ↓ -36% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $450.85 | ↓ -34% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $482.42 | ↓ -29% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $493.81 | ↓ -27% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $493.81 | ↓ -27% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $495.92 | ↓ -27% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $528.14 | ↓ -22% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $715.52 | ↑ +5% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $769.19 | ↑ +13% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $1,007.60 | ↑ +48% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $1,007.60 | ↑ +48% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $1,007.60 | ↑ +48% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $1,007.60 | ↑ +48% |
| Aetna | HMO | $1,698.06 | ↑ +150% |
| Aetna | PPO | $1,698.06 | ↑ +150% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $2,183.53 | ↑ +221% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $2,225.76 | ↑ +228% |
| First Health | Commercial | $2,612.40 | ↑ +284% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS/PPO/WC | $3,591.00 | ↑ +429% |
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MRA spinal canal at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $988.61 | $185.14 – $2,700.48 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $1,116.07 | $375.54 – $2,072.00 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $1,094.48 | $239.59 – $2,010.00 |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton | Hamilton Township | $863.26 | $327.00 – $3,493.00 |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital | New Brunswick | $1,123.45 | $19.91 – $769.19 |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset | Somerville | $890.12 | $196.03 – $2,917.00 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | not published | $326.00 – $2,072.00 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | not published | $326.00 – $2,072.00 |