Spleen imaging 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

$204.33

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.

$1,584.00

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.

$90.20 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $1,343.80 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
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $90.20 ↓ -56%
Amerihealth Local Value $156.11 ↓ -24%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $167.82 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Community Plan $175.50 ↓ -14%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $180.41 ↓ -12%
Aetna Better Health $192.13 ↓ -6%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $297.66 ↑ +46%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $297.66 ↑ +46%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $297.66 ↑ +46%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $297.66 ↑ +46%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $439.15 ↑ +115%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $439.15 ↑ +115%
Aetna Medicare $439.15 ↑ +115%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $439.15 ↑ +115%
Humana Medicare $439.15 ↑ +115%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $439.15 ↑ +115%
United Healthcare Medicare $447.93 ↑ +119%
United Healthcare Nexus $520.83 ↑ +155%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $520.83 ↑ +155%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $581.65 ↑ +185%
United Healthcare Commercial $581.65 ↑ +185%
Cigna Local Plus $723.46 ↑ +254%
Cigna HMO $723.46 ↑ +254%
Cigna PPO $723.46 ↑ +254%
Emblem Health Commercial $768.51 ↑ +276%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $794.37 ↑ +289%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $809.74 ↑ +296%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $873.91 ↑ +328%
First Health Commercial $950.40 ↑ +365%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC $1,064.44 ↑ +421%
Aetna HMO $1,343.80 ↑ +558%
Aetna PPO $1,343.80 ↑ +558%

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Spleen imaging at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $444.77 $177.13 – $1,021.05
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $473.22 $81.77 – $1,166.24
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $439.15 $177.13 – $1,021.05
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $445.16 $213.44 – $1,081.39
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $444.77 $177.13 – $1,158.70
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $473.22 $90.20 – $1,021.05
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $445.16 $123.75 – $1,021.05
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $444.77 $63.25 – $1,021.05

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