Pillow shldr abduc inflat univ 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

$203.92

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.

$1,580.85

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.

$175.15 with United Healthcare vs $2,543.01 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 $175.15 ↓ -14%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $180.05 ↓ -12%
Aetna Better Health $191.75 ↓ -6%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $452.12 ↑ +122%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $452.12 ↑ +122%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $452.12 ↑ +122%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $452.12 ↑ +122%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $452.12 ↑ +122%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $452.12 ↑ +122%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $521.68 ↑ +156%
Amerihealth Local Value $521.68 ↑ +156%
Cigna Local Plus $537.48 ↑ +164%
Cigna HMO $537.48 ↑ +164%
Cigna PPO $537.48 ↑ +164%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC $584.91 ↑ +187%
United Healthcare Commercial $632.34 ↑ +210%
United Healthcare Nexus $632.34 ↑ +210%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $632.34 ↑ +210%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $632.34 ↑ +210%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $792.79 ↑ +289%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $831.05 ↑ +308%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $831.05 ↑ +308%
Aetna Medicare $831.05 ↑ +308%
Humana Medicare $831.05 ↑ +308%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $831.05 ↑ +308%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $831.05 ↑ +308%
United Healthcare Medicare $847.67 ↑ +316%
First Health Commercial $948.51 ↑ +365%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,454.34 ↑ +613%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $1,653.79 ↑ +711%
Aetna PPO $2,543.01 ↑ +1147%
Aetna HMO $2,543.01 ↑ +1147%

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Pillow shldr abduc inflat univ at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $296.72 $469.20 – $1,653.79
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $239.27 $831.05 – $1,662.10
Community Medical Center Toms River $234.19 $831.05 – $1,653.79
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $224.59 $831.05 – $1,653.79
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $235.20 $483.00 – $1,653.79
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $234.64 $607.20 – $1,653.79
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $247.06 $831.05 – $1,653.79
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