X-ray thoracic spine 2 views at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway
865 Stone St, Rahway, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1861486870
$101.65
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.
$788.00
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.
$30.59 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $529.53 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 | $30.59 | ↓ -70% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $39.15 | ↓ -61% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $39.15 | ↓ -61% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $39.15 | ↓ -61% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $39.15 | ↓ -61% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $46.83 | ↓ -54% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $50.35 | ↓ -50% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $87.31 | ↓ -14% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $89.75 | ↓ -12% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $95.58 | ↓ -6% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Medicare Advantage | $116.22 | ↑ +14% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $116.22 | ↑ +14% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $116.22 | ↑ +14% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Advantage | $116.22 | ↑ +14% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $116.22 | ↑ +14% |
| Humana | Medicare | $116.22 | ↑ +14% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $118.54 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | PPO | $121.37 | ↑ +19% |
| Cigna | HMO | $121.37 | ↑ +19% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $121.37 | ↑ +19% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $143.22 | ↑ +41% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $143.22 | ↑ +41% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $177.09 | ↑ +74% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $177.09 | ↑ +74% |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | $203.39 | ↑ +100% |
| Wellcare | Ambetter Health Commercial | $231.28 | ↑ +128% |
| Aetna | HMO | $355.63 | ↑ +250% |
| Aetna | PPO | $355.63 | ↑ +250% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $395.18 | ↑ +289% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $402.82 | ↑ +296% |
| First Health | Commercial | $472.80 | ↑ +365% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS/PPO/WC | $529.53 | ↑ +421% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrier Clinic | Belle Mead | $258.80 | $93.82 – $93.82 |
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $100.60 | $17.16 – $232.44 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $157.86 | $30.59 – $238.62 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $111.16 | $30.59 – $231.28 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $156.73 | $30.59 – $237.43 |
| Childrens Specialized Hospital | Mountainside | $137.50 | $18.65 – $655.00 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $155.18 | $17.66 – $238.62 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $111.38 | $22.20 – $249.21 |