Pelvic CT scan (without contrast) 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

$260.58

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.

$2,020.00

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.

$116.22 with Wellpoint vs $3,077.00 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
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $116.22 ↓ -55%
Humana Medicare $116.22 ↓ -55%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $116.22 ↓ -55%
Aetna Medicare $116.22 ↓ -55%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $116.22 ↓ -55%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $116.22 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Medicare $118.54 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $143.22 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Nexus $143.22 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Commercial $177.09 ↓ -32%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $177.09 ↓ -32%
Emblem Health Commercial $203.39 ↓ -22%
Cigna Local Plus $221.00 ↓ -15%
United Healthcare Community Plan $223.81 ↓ -14%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $230.07 ↓ -12%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $231.28 ↓ -11%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $235.57 ↓ -10%
Aetna Better Health $245.02 ↓ -6%
Cigna HMO $281.00 ↑ +8%
Cigna PPO $296.00 ↑ +14%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $338.27 ↑ +30%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $338.27 ↑ +30%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $338.27 ↑ +30%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $338.27 ↑ +30%
Amerihealth Local Value $353.86 ↑ +36%
Aetna HMO $355.63 ↑ +36%
Aetna PPO $355.63 ↑ +36%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $380.40 ↑ +46%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,013.03 ↑ +289%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,032.62 ↑ +296%
First Health Commercial $1,212.00 ↑ +365%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC $3,077.00 ↑ +1081%

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Pelvic CT scan (without contrast) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $379.15 $70.61 – $513.22
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $428.03 $119.31 – $726.00
Community Medical Center Toms River $418.94 $116.22 – $726.00
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $401.77 $119.31 – $726.00
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $820.50 $143.64 – $143.64
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $420.76 $72.69 – $726.00
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $419.75 $91.38 – $704.00
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $441.97 $117.70 – $726.00

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