Red blood cells each unit at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway
865 Stone St, Rahway, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1861486870
$102.81
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.
$797.00
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.
$96.67 with Aetna vs $2,587.00 with United Healthcare — 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 |
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| Aetna | Better Health | $96.67 | ↓ -6% |
| Humana | Medicare | $157.72 | ↑ +53% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Advantage | $157.72 | ↑ +53% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Medicare Advantage | $157.72 | ↑ +53% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $157.72 | ↑ +53% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $157.72 | ↑ +53% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $157.72 | ↑ +53% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $160.87 | ↑ +56% |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | $276.01 | ↑ +168% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $304.45 | ↑ +196% |
| Wellcare | Ambetter Health Commercial | $313.86 | ↑ +205% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $377.29 | ↑ +267% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $388.53 | ↑ +278% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $395.94 | ↑ +285% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $399.69 | ↑ +289% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $407.42 | ↑ +296% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $434.92 | ↑ +323% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $438.90 | ↑ +327% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $446.79 | ↑ +335% |
| First Health | Commercial | $478.20 | ↑ +365% |
| Aetna | PPO | $482.62 | ↑ +369% |
| Aetna | HMO | $482.62 | ↑ +369% |
| Cigna | HMO | $493.66 | ↑ +380% |
| Cigna | PPO | $519.96 | ↑ +406% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS/PPO/WC | $535.58 | ↑ +421% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $2,199.00 | ↑ +2039% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $2,199.00 | ↑ +2039% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $2,587.00 | ↑ +2416% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $2,587.00 | ↑ +2416% |
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Red blood cells each unit at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $106.80 | $157.72 – $315.44 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $120.57 | $161.92 – $323.84 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $113.17 | $161.92 – $322.22 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $118.52 | $161.92 – $323.84 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $159.88 | $144.32 – $382.00 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $159.74 | $159.74 – $380.00 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $169.96 | $169.96 – $907.00 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $159.88 | $159.88 – $353.00 |