Ventilator each subsequent day at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway
865 Stone St, Rahway, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1861486870
$277.60
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.
$2,152.00
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.
$68.34 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $2,210.85 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 |
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| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $68.34 | ↓ -75% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $238.44 | ↓ -14% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $245.11 | ↓ -12% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $261.03 | ↓ -6% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $326.00 | ↑ +17% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $326.00 | ↑ +17% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $383.00 | ↑ +38% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $383.00 | ↑ +38% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $722.50 | ↑ +160% |
| Humana | Medicare | $722.50 | ↑ +160% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $722.50 | ↑ +160% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Medicare Advantage | $722.50 | ↑ +160% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $722.50 | ↑ +160% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Advantage | $722.50 | ↑ +160% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $736.95 | ↑ +165% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $822.06 | ↑ +196% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $1,018.75 | ↑ +267% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $1,049.10 | ↑ +278% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $1,069.11 | ↑ +285% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $1,079.22 | ↑ +289% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $1,100.10 | ↑ +296% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $1,174.34 | ↑ +323% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $1,185.10 | ↑ +327% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $1,206.41 | ↑ +335% |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | $1,264.38 | ↑ +355% |
| First Health | Commercial | $1,291.20 | ↑ +365% |
| Cigna | HMO | $1,332.94 | ↑ +380% |
| Cigna | PPO | $1,403.96 | ↑ +406% |
| Wellcare | Ambetter Health Commercial | $1,437.78 | ↑ +418% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS/PPO/WC | $1,446.14 | ↑ +421% |
| Aetna | HMO | $2,210.85 | ↑ +696% |
| Aetna | PPO | $2,210.85 | ↑ +696% |
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Ventilator each subsequent day at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $443.34 | $31.89 – $1,445.00 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $590.35 | $58.78 – $1,483.40 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $489.87 | $60.20 – $1,437.78 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $428.03 | $58.07 – $1,475.98 |
| Childrens Specialized Hospital | Mountainside | $258.00 | $394.00 – $394.00 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $580.32 | $32.82 – $1,483.40 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $490.82 | $41.26 – $1,549.31 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $516.80 | $116.14 – $1,456.18 |