X-ray sacrum/coccyx >= 2 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

$87.84

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.

$681.00

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.

$27.06 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $457.63 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.

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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 $27.06 ↓ -69%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $35.84 ↓ -59%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $35.84 ↓ -59%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $35.84 ↓ -59%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $35.84 ↓ -59%
Amerihealth Local Value $41.63 ↓ -53%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $44.75 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Community Plan $75.45 ↓ -14%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $77.56 ↓ -12%
Aetna Better Health $82.60 ↓ -6%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $96.23 ↑ +10%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $96.23 ↑ +10%
Aetna Medicare $96.23 ↑ +10%
Humana Medicare $96.23 ↑ +10%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $96.23 ↑ +10%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $96.23 ↑ +10%
United Healthcare Medicare $98.15 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Nexus $116.42 ↑ +33%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $116.42 ↑ +33%
United Healthcare Commercial $126.10 ↑ +44%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $126.10 ↑ +44%
Cigna Local Plus $126.58 ↑ +44%
Cigna HMO $126.58 ↑ +44%
Cigna PPO $126.58 ↑ +44%
Emblem Health Commercial $168.40 ↑ +92%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $191.50 ↑ +118%
Aetna HMO $294.46 ↑ +235%
Aetna PPO $294.46 ↑ +235%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $341.52 ↑ +289%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $348.12 ↑ +296%
First Health Commercial $408.60 ↑ +365%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC $457.63 ↑ +421%

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X-ray sacrum/coccyx >= 2 views at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Carrier Clinic Belle Mead $224.00 $81.20 – $81.20
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $100.79 $17.01 – $192.46
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $126.29 $27.06 – $197.58
Community Medical Center Toms River $111.37 $27.06 – $191.50
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $135.45 $27.06 – $196.59
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $124.14 $17.51 – $197.58
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $111.58 $22.02 – $206.34
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $117.49 $27.06 – $193.95

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