Pretreat rbc w chem/drugs reference at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway
865 Stone St, Rahway, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1861486870
$14.19
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.
$110.00
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.
$13.34 with Aetna vs $198.66 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | Better Health | $13.34 | ↓ -6% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $14.58 | ↑ +3% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $14.96 | ↑ +5% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $15.75 | ↑ +11% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $15.96 | ↑ +12% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $15.96 | ↑ +12% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $16.09 | ↑ +13% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $16.20 | ↑ +14% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $18.39 | ↑ +30% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $18.39 | ↑ +30% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $32.24 | ↑ +127% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $32.24 | ↑ +127% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $32.24 | ↑ +127% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $32.24 | ↑ +127% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $55.16 | ↑ +289% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $56.23 | ↑ +296% |
| Humana | Medicare | $64.92 | ↑ +358% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $64.92 | ↑ +358% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $64.92 | ↑ +358% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Medicare Advantage | $64.92 | ↑ +358% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $64.92 | ↑ +358% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Advantage | $64.92 | ↑ +358% |
| First Health | Commercial | $66.00 | ↑ +365% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $66.22 | ↑ +367% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS/PPO/WC | $73.92 | ↑ +421% |
| Cigna | HMO | $112.17 | ↑ +690% |
| Cigna | PPO | $112.17 | ↑ +690% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $112.17 | ↑ +690% |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | $113.61 | ↑ +701% |
| Wellcare | Ambetter Health Commercial | $129.19 | ↑ +810% |
| Aetna | HMO | $198.66 | ↑ +1300% |
| Aetna | PPO | $198.66 | ↑ +1300% |
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Pretreat rbc w chem/drugs reference at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $32.65 | $15.30 – $129.84 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $36.87 | $14.58 – $133.28 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $36.08 | $14.58 – $129.19 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $21.87 | $14.58 – $132.61 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $36.24 | $14.58 – $133.28 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $36.15 | $14.58 – $139.20 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $38.07 | $14.58 – $130.84 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $65.75 | $27.38 – $71.66 |