Vein x-ray skull epidural at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway
865 Stone St, Rahway, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1861486870
$678.66
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.
$5,261.00
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.
$267.89 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $3,535.39 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 |
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| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $267.89 | ↓ -61% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $384.12 | ↓ -43% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $384.12 | ↓ -43% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $384.12 | ↓ -43% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $384.12 | ↓ -43% |
| Cigna | PPO | $390.39 | ↓ -42% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $390.39 | ↓ -42% |
| Cigna | HMO | $390.39 | ↓ -42% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $582.91 | ↓ -14% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $599.22 | ↓ -12% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $638.15 | ↓ -6% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Medicare Advantage | $675.68 | ↓ -0% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $675.68 | ↓ -0% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Advantage | $675.68 | ↓ -0% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $675.68 | ↓ -0% |
| Humana | Medicare | $675.68 | ↓ -0% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $675.68 | ↓ -0% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $689.19 | ↑ +2% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $775.19 | ↑ +14% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $775.19 | ↑ +14% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $996.21 | ↑ +47% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $996.21 | ↑ +47% |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | $1,182.44 | ↑ +74% |
| Wellcare | Ambetter Health Commercial | $1,344.60 | ↑ +98% |
| Aetna | HMO | $2,067.58 | ↑ +205% |
| Aetna | PPO | $2,067.58 | ↑ +205% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $2,638.39 | ↑ +289% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $2,689.42 | ↑ +296% |
| First Health | Commercial | $3,156.60 | ↑ +365% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS/PPO/WC | $3,535.39 | ↑ +421% |
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| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $675.68 | $234.52 – $810.82 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $684.92 | $245.49 – $1,553.10 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $684.33 | $234.52 – $821.19 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $728.10 | $245.49 – $1,466.44 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $684.92 | $245.49 – $1,466.44 |