Arthrocentesis aspir+/injection small jt/bursa with Ultrasound 20604 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

$5,110.00

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.

$1,589.00

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.

$64.62 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $4,174.00 with Aetna — 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 $64.62 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Community Plan $193.22 ↓ -96%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $198.78 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health $211.65 ↓ -96%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $322.61 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare $322.61 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare $322.61 ↓ -94%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $322.61 ↓ -94%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $322.61 ↓ -94%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $322.61 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicare $329.06 ↓ -94%
Emblem Health Commercial $564.57 ↓ -89%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $641.99 ↓ -87%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $910.65 ↓ -82%
First Health Commercial $953.40 ↓ -81%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,141.81 ↓ -78%
Amerihealth Local Value $1,157.10 ↓ -77%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $1,217.65 ↓ -76%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $1,312.28 ↓ -74%
Qualcare Inc WC $1,318.87 ↓ -74%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO $1,318.87 ↓ -74%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,350.65 ↓ -74%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $1,398.09 ↓ -73%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $1,427.29 ↓ -72%
Cigna Local Plus $1,857.00 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,211.00 ↓ -57%
Cigna HMO $2,360.00 ↓ -54%
Cigna PPO $2,486.00 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,595.00 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,601.00 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,053.00 ↓ -40%
Aetna PPO $4,174.00 ↓ -18%
Aetna HMO $4,174.00 ↓ -18%

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Arthrocentesis aspir+/injection small jt/bursa with Ultrasound 20604 at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $42.73 – $645.22
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $67.89 – $662.36
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $69.53 – $641.99
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $67.08 – $659.05
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $43.98 – $662.36
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $55.29 – $691.78
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $134.15 – $650.19
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $326.73 $326.73 – $392.08

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