Abdominal CT scan (without contrast) at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton

1 Hamilton Health Pl, Hamilton Township, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1629069638

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 5, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$310.59

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.

$1,895.00

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.

$116.22 with Clover Health vs $2,995.00 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
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $116.22 ↓ -63%
Humana Medicare $116.22 ↓ -63%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $116.22 ↓ -63%
Aetna Medicare $116.22 ↓ -63%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $116.22 ↓ -63%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $116.22 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare Medicare $118.54 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare Nexus $143.22 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $143.22 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $177.09 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare Commercial $177.09 ↓ -43%
Emblem Health Commercial $203.39 ↓ -35%
Aetna HMO $212.02 ↓ -32%
Aetna PPO $212.02 ↓ -32%
Cigna Local Plus $221.00 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Community Plan $230.43 ↓ -26%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $231.28 ↓ -26%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $233.22 ↓ -25%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $237.06 ↓ -24%
Aetna Better Health $252.41 ↓ -19%
Cigna HMO $281.00 ↓ -10%
Cigna PPO $296.00 ↓ -5%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $349.95 ↑ +13%
Amerihealth Local Value $376.21 ↑ +21%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $411.34 ↑ +32%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $472.75 ↑ +52%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $503.66 ↑ +62%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $514.18 ↑ +66%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,086.02 ↑ +250%
First Health Commercial $1,137.00 ↑ +266%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,610.75 ↑ +419%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO $2,995.00 ↑ +864%
Qualcare Inc WC $2,995.00 ↑ +864%

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Abdominal CT scan (without contrast) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $375.58 $72.44 – $507.56
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $424.01 $119.31 – $726.00
Community Medical Center Toms River $415.00 $116.22 – $726.00
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $376.91 $119.31 – $726.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $416.80 $74.57 – $726.00
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $415.80 $93.75 – $704.00
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $437.81 $117.70 – $726.00
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $117.70 $117.70 – $1,762.00

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