Aspiration fine needle (fna) biopsy w/ultrasound guidance 1st lesion 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

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$2,869.00

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.

$348.87 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

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 $348.87 ↓ -93%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $358.91 ↓ -93%
Aetna Better Health $382.15 ↓ -93%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $768.94 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare $768.94 ↓ -85%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $768.94 ↓ -85%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $768.94 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare $768.94 ↓ -85%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $768.94 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Medicare $784.32 ↓ -85%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,345.65 ↓ -74%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $1,530.19 ↓ -70%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,644.22 ↓ -68%
First Health Commercial $1,721.40 ↓ -66%
Cigna Local Plus $1,857.00 ↓ -64%
Amerihealth Local Value $2,089.20 ↓ -59%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $2,198.51 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,255.00 ↓ -56%
Cigna HMO $2,360.00 ↓ -54%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO $2,381.27 ↓ -53%
Qualcare Inc WC $2,381.27 ↓ -53%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $2,438.65 ↓ -52%
Cigna PPO $2,486.00 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,647.00 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,653.00 ↓ -48%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $2,721.51 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,114.00 ↓ -39%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $3,127.82 ↓ -39%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $3,332.36 ↓ -35%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $3,401.94 ↓ -33%
Aetna PPO $4,174.00 ↓ -18%
Aetna HMO $4,174.00 ↓ -18%

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Aspiration fine needle (fna) biopsy w/ultrasound guidance 1st lesion at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $69.14 – $1,537.88
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $789.37 – $1,578.74
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $768.94 – $1,530.19
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $789.37 – $1,570.85
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $71.17 – $1,578.74
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $89.47 – $1,648.89
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $778.78 – $1,549.77
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $778.78 $778.78 – $934.53

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