Artery x-rays lungs 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

$954.38

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.

$5,823.00

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.

$182.93 with Aetna vs $15,218.54 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey — 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
Aetna PPO $182.93 ↓ -81%
Aetna HMO $182.93 ↓ -81%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $286.98 ↓ -70%
Cigna PPO $374.76 ↓ -61%
Cigna Local Plus $374.76 ↓ -61%
Cigna HMO $374.76 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Community Plan $708.07 ↓ -26%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $728.45 ↓ -24%
Aetna Better Health $775.62 ↓ -19%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $3,337.16 ↑ +250%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $3,439.84 ↑ +260%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $3,439.84 ↑ +260%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $3,439.84 ↑ +260%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $3,439.84 ↑ +260%
Humana Medicare $3,439.84 ↑ +260%
Aetna Medicare $3,439.84 ↑ +260%
First Health Commercial $3,493.80 ↑ +266%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,508.64 ↑ +268%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $3,991.82 ↑ +318%
United Healthcare Nexus $3,991.82 ↑ +318%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $4,378.62 ↑ +359%
United Healthcare Commercial $4,378.62 ↑ +359%
Qualcare Inc WC $4,856.38 ↑ +409%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO $4,856.38 ↑ +409%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $4,949.55 ↑ +419%
Emblem Health Commercial $6,019.72 ↑ +531%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $6,845.28 ↑ +617%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $12,174.63 ↑ +1176%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $13,992.24 ↑ +1366%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $14,907.23 ↑ +1462%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $15,218.54 ↑ +1495%

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Artery x-rays lungs at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $1,759.31 $75.79 – $6,879.68
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $2,170.27 $199.36 – $7,062.48
Community Medical Center Toms River $1,943.96 $182.93 – $6,845.28
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $1,158.19 $199.36 – $7,027.17
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $2,133.40 $78.02 – $7,062.48
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $1,947.70 $98.08 – $7,376.29
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $2,050.81 $188.29 – $6,932.84
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $3,483.84 $247.33 – $7,747.94

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