X-ray upper gastrointestinal tract scout abdominal radiographs delayed images single 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

$156.60

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.

$1,214.00

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.

$78.52 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $815.80 with Qualcare Inc — 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 $78.52 ↓ -50%
Amerihealth Local Value $118.39 ↓ -24%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $127.27 ↓ -19%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $127.56 ↓ -19%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $127.56 ↓ -19%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $127.56 ↓ -19%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $127.56 ↓ -19%
United Healthcare Community Plan $134.51 ↓ -14%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $138.27 ↓ -12%
Aetna Better Health $147.25 ↓ -6%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $194.55 ↑ +24%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $194.55 ↑ +24%
Humana Medicare $194.55 ↑ +24%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $194.55 ↑ +24%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $194.55 ↑ +24%
Aetna Medicare $194.55 ↑ +24%
United Healthcare Medicare $198.44 ↑ +27%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $241.66 ↑ +54%
United Healthcare Nexus $241.66 ↑ +54%
United Healthcare Commercial $287.91 ↑ +84%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $287.91 ↑ +84%
Emblem Health Commercial $340.46 ↑ +117%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $387.15 ↑ +147%
Cigna HMO $442.70 ↑ +183%
Cigna PPO $442.70 ↑ +183%
Cigna Local Plus $442.70 ↑ +183%
Aetna HMO $595.32 ↑ +280%
Aetna PPO $595.32 ↑ +280%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $608.82 ↑ +289%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $620.59 ↑ +296%
First Health Commercial $728.40 ↑ +365%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC $815.80 ↑ +421%

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X-ray upper gastrointestinal tract scout abdominal radiographs delayed images single contrast study at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $196.70 $63.73 – $442.70
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $222.07 $78.52 – $442.70
Community Medical Center Toms River $217.35 $78.52 – $442.70
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $241.46 $78.52 – $442.70
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $340.50 $47.88 – $655.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $218.29 $65.60 – $442.70
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $217.77 $78.52 – $442.70
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $229.30 $78.52 – $442.70

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