Orthopantogram 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

$23.22

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.

$180.00

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.

$19.88 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $294.46 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
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $19.88 ↓ -14%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $19.88 ↓ -14%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $19.88 ↓ -14%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $19.88 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Community Plan $19.94 ↓ -14%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $20.50 ↓ -12%
Aetna Better Health $21.83 ↓ -6%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $22.96 ↓ -1%
Cigna Local Plus $44.94 ↑ +94%
Cigna PPO $44.94 ↑ +94%
Cigna HMO $44.94 ↑ +94%
Amerihealth Local Value $48.14 ↑ +107%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $51.75 ↑ +123%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $90.27 ↑ +289%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $92.01 ↑ +296%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $96.23 ↑ +314%
Aetna Medicare $96.23 ↑ +314%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $96.23 ↑ +314%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $96.23 ↑ +314%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $96.23 ↑ +314%
Humana Medicare $96.23 ↑ +314%
United Healthcare Medicare $98.15 ↑ +323%
First Health Commercial $108.00 ↑ +365%
United Healthcare Nexus $116.42 ↑ +401%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $116.42 ↑ +401%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC $120.96 ↑ +421%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $126.10 ↑ +443%
United Healthcare Commercial $126.10 ↑ +443%
Emblem Health Commercial $168.40 ↑ +625%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $191.50 ↑ +725%
Aetna HMO $294.46 ↑ +1168%
Aetna PPO $294.46 ↑ +1168%

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Orthopantogram at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $97.46 $26.79 – $219.04
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $103.69 $20.81 – $250.18
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $96.23 $26.79 – $96.23
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $97.54 $30.23 – $231.98
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $97.46 $27.90 – $102.33
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $103.69 $22.96 – $219.04
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $97.54 $26.79 – $219.04
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $97.46 $19.60 – $219.04

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