Assay of somatostatin 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

$20.11

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.

$307.00

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.

$8.59 with United Healthcare vs $260.95 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
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $8.59 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Nexus $8.59 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $10.05 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Commercial $10.05 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Community Plan $15.35 ↓ -24%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $15.79 ↓ -21%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $18.28 ↓ -9%
Humana Medicare $18.28 ↓ -9%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $18.28 ↓ -9%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $18.28 ↓ -9%
Aetna Medicare $18.28 ↓ -9%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $18.28 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Medicare $18.65 ↓ -7%
Aetna PPO $21.94 ↑ +9%
Aetna HMO $21.94 ↑ +9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $26.24 ↑ +30%
Emblem Health Commercial $31.99 ↑ +59%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $36.38 ↑ +81%
Aetna Better Health $40.89 ↑ +103%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $46.40 ↑ +131%
Amerihealth Local Value $49.88 ↑ +148%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $64.70 ↑ +222%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $74.36 ↑ +270%
Cigna HMO $74.78 ↑ +272%
Cigna PPO $74.78 ↑ +272%
Cigna Local Plus $74.78 ↑ +272%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $79.22 ↑ +294%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $80.87 ↑ +302%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $175.94 ↑ +775%
First Health Commercial $184.20 ↑ +816%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO $256.03 ↑ +1173%
Qualcare Inc WC $256.03 ↑ +1173%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $260.95 ↑ +1198%

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Assay of somatostatin at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $20.11 $8.59 – $78.52
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $20.11 $8.59 – $74.78
Community Medical Center Toms River $20.11 $8.59 – $74.78
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $20.11 $8.59 – $74.78
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $20.11 $8.59 – $74.78
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $20.11 $8.59 – $74.78
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $20.11 $8.59 – $74.78
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $18.28 $18.28 – $83.77

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