Surgical pathology level 1 gross examination only at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway
865 Stone St, Rahway, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1861486870
$23.34
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.
$181.00
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.
$11.73 with United Healthcare vs $121.63 with Qualcare Inc — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $11.73 | ↓ -50% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $11.73 | ↓ -50% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $12.64 | ↓ -46% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $12.64 | ↓ -46% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $13.77 | ↓ -41% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $13.77 | ↓ -41% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $13.77 | ↓ -41% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $13.77 | ↓ -41% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $14.01 | ↓ -40% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $14.41 | ↓ -38% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $15.33 | ↓ -34% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $21.95 | ↓ -6% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $23.67 | ↑ +1% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $25.44 | ↑ +9% |
| Humana | Medicare | $26.76 | ↑ +15% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $26.76 | ↑ +15% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Medicare Advantage | $26.76 | ↑ +15% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $26.76 | ↑ +15% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Advantage | $26.76 | ↑ +15% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $26.76 | ↑ +15% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $27.30 | ↑ +17% |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | $46.83 | ↑ +101% |
| Cigna | PPO | $47.92 | ↑ +105% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $47.92 | ↑ +105% |
| Cigna | HMO | $47.92 | ↑ +105% |
| Wellcare | Ambetter Health Commercial | $53.25 | ↑ +128% |
| Aetna | HMO | $81.89 | ↑ +251% |
| Aetna | PPO | $81.89 | ↑ +251% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $90.77 | ↑ +289% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $92.52 | ↑ +296% |
| First Health | Commercial | $108.60 | ↑ +365% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS/PPO/WC | $121.63 | ↑ +421% |
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Surgical pathology level 1 gross examination only at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $27.59 | $11.73 – $53.52 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $46.40 | $11.73 – $54.96 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $30.48 | $11.73 – $53.25 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $36.00 | $11.73 – $54.69 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $45.61 | $11.73 – $54.96 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $30.54 | $11.73 – $57.39 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $32.16 | $11.73 – $53.95 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $27.11 | $27.11 – $50.64 |