Asp & inj w/heparin pleurx cath 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.

$3,076.00

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.

$374.04 with United Healthcare 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
United Healthcare Community Plan $374.04 ↓ -93%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $384.80 ↓ -92%
Aetna Better Health $409.72 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare $675.68 ↓ -87%
Humana Medicare $675.68 ↓ -87%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $675.68 ↓ -87%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $675.68 ↓ -87%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $675.68 ↓ -87%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $675.68 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Medicare $689.19 ↓ -87%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,182.44 ↓ -77%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $1,344.60 ↓ -74%
Cigna Local Plus $1,548.15 ↓ -70%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,762.85 ↓ -66%
First Health Commercial $1,845.60 ↓ -64%
Cigna HMO $1,967.10 ↓ -62%
Cigna PPO $2,071.99 ↓ -59%
Amerihealth Local Value $2,239.94 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,255.00 ↓ -56%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $2,357.13 ↓ -54%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $2,391.43 ↓ -53%
Qualcare Inc WC $2,553.08 ↓ -50%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO $2,553.08 ↓ -50%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $2,614.60 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,647.00 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,653.00 ↓ -48%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $2,748.46 ↓ -46%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $2,928.19 ↓ -43%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $2,989.34 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,114.00 ↓ -39%
Aetna PPO $4,174.00 ↓ -18%
Aetna HMO $4,174.00 ↓ -18%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $380.41 – $1,351.36
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $693.64 – $1,387.28
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $675.68 – $1,344.60
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Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $728.10 – $1,448.92
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $684.33 – $1,361.82
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