X-ray abdomen >=3 views 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

$73.91

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.

$573.00

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.

$38.23 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $385.05 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.

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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 $38.23 ↓ -48%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $45.80 ↓ -38%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $45.80 ↓ -38%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $45.80 ↓ -38%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $45.80 ↓ -38%
Amerihealth Local Value $48.14 ↓ -35%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $51.75 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare Community Plan $63.48 ↓ -14%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $65.26 ↓ -12%
Aetna Better Health $69.50 ↓ -6%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $116.22 ↑ +57%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $116.22 ↑ +57%
Aetna Medicare $116.22 ↑ +57%
Humana Medicare $116.22 ↑ +57%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $116.22 ↑ +57%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $116.22 ↑ +57%
United Healthcare Medicare $118.54 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare Nexus $143.22 ↑ +94%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $143.22 ↑ +94%
Cigna PPO $157.85 ↑ +114%
Cigna HMO $157.85 ↑ +114%
Cigna Local Plus $157.85 ↑ +114%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $177.09 ↑ +140%
United Healthcare Commercial $177.09 ↑ +140%
Emblem Health Commercial $203.39 ↑ +175%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $231.28 ↑ +213%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $287.35 ↑ +289%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $292.91 ↑ +296%
First Health Commercial $343.80 ↑ +365%
Aetna HMO $355.63 ↑ +381%
Aetna PPO $355.63 ↑ +381%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC $385.05 ↑ +421%

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X-ray abdomen >=3 views at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $113.55 $22.35 – $232.44
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $116.33 $38.23 – $238.62
Community Medical Center Toms River $125.47 $38.23 – $231.28
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $113.96 $38.23 – $237.43
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $114.35 $23.01 – $238.62
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $125.71 $28.92 – $249.21
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $132.37 $38.23 – $234.22
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $117.70 $47.24 – $295.04

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