X-ray colon abdominal radiograph(s) & delayed images with glucagon double contrast study 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

$127.19

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$986.00

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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.

$91.84 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $836.76 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $91.84 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare Community Plan $109.24 ↓ -14%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $112.30 ↓ -12%
Aetna Better Health $119.60 ↓ -6%
Amerihealth Local Value $174.33 ↑ +37%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $187.40 ↑ +47%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $194.55 ↑ +53%
Humana Medicare $194.55 ↑ +53%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $194.55 ↑ +53%
Aetna Medicare $194.55 ↑ +53%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $194.55 ↑ +53%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $194.55 ↑ +53%
United Healthcare Medicare $198.44 ↑ +56%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $241.66 ↑ +90%
United Healthcare Nexus $241.66 ↑ +90%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $269.81 ↑ +112%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $269.81 ↑ +112%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $269.81 ↑ +112%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $269.81 ↑ +112%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $287.91 ↑ +126%
United Healthcare Commercial $287.91 ↑ +126%
Emblem Health Commercial $340.46 ↑ +168%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $387.15 ↑ +204%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $494.47 ↑ +289%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $504.04 ↑ +296%
First Health Commercial $591.60 ↑ +365%
Aetna PPO $595.32 ↑ +368%
Aetna HMO $595.32 ↑ +368%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC $662.59 ↑ +421%
Cigna Local Plus $836.76 ↑ +558%
Cigna HMO $836.76 ↑ +558%
Cigna PPO $836.76 ↑ +558%

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X-ray colon abdominal radiograph(s) & delayed images with glucagon double contrast study at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $315.33 $114.30 – $836.76
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $387.98 $91.84 – $836.76
Community Medical Center Toms River $348.43 $91.84 – $836.76
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $196.11 $91.84 – $836.76
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $381.39 $91.84 – $836.76
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $349.10 $91.84 – $836.76
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $367.58 $91.84 – $836.76
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $197.04 $167.78 – $613.54

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