Plmt access bil tree sm bwl 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

$4,627.00

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.

$7,135.00

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.

$790.55 with United Healthcare vs $20,867.00 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 $790.55 ↓ -83%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $812.67 ↓ -82%
Aetna Better Health $865.47 ↓ -81%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $1,092.06 ↓ -76%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $2,725.57 ↓ -41%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $3,544.66 ↓ -23%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $3,578.20 ↓ -23%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $3,647.41 ↓ -21%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $3,893.56 ↓ -16%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $3,929.24 ↓ -15%
First Health Commercial $4,281.00 ↓ -7%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $4,332.00 ↓ -6%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC $4,794.72 ↑ +4%
United Healthcare Nexus $5,085.00 ↑ +10%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $5,097.00 ↑ +10%
Cigna Local Plus $5,532.00 ↑ +20%
United Healthcare Commercial $5,982.00 ↑ +29%
Humana Medicare $6,819.30 ↑ +47%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $6,819.30 ↑ +47%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $6,819.30 ↑ +47%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $6,819.30 ↑ +47%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $6,819.30 ↑ +47%
Aetna Medicare $6,819.30 ↑ +47%
United Healthcare Medicare $6,955.69 ↑ +50%
Cigna HMO $7,029.00 ↑ +52%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $7,135.00 ↑ +54%
Amerihealth Local Value $7,135.00 ↑ +54%
Cigna PPO $7,403.00 ↑ +60%
Emblem Health Commercial $11,933.78 ↑ +158%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $13,570.41 ↑ +193%
Aetna HMO $20,867.00 ↑ +351%
Aetna PPO $20,867.00 ↑ +351%

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Plmt access bil tree sm bwl at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $594.21 – $13,638.60
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $1,092.06 – $14,001.00
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $1,092.06 – $13,570.41
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $1,092.06 – $13,931.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $611.69 – $14,001.00
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $768.98 – $14,623.12
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $1,092.06 – $13,743.99
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $6,906.53 $6,906.53 – $8,287.84

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