Benign lesion paring 2-4 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.

$432.00

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.

$50.28 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 $50.28 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Community Plan $52.53 ↓ -99%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $54.04 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health $57.54 ↓ -99%
Humana Medicare $217.16 ↓ -96%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $217.16 ↓ -96%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $217.16 ↓ -96%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $217.16 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare $217.16 ↓ -96%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $217.16 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare $221.50 ↓ -96%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $247.57 ↓ -95%
First Health Commercial $259.20 ↓ -95%
Amerihealth Local Value $314.58 ↓ -94%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $331.04 ↓ -94%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $367.20 ↓ -93%
Emblem Health Commercial $380.03 ↓ -93%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $432.15 ↓ -92%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $768.59 ↓ -85%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $883.34 ↓ -83%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $941.11 ↓ -82%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $960.76 ↓ -81%
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%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO not published by hospital
Qualcare Inc WC not published by hospital

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Benign lesion paring 2-4 at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $219.93 $219.93 – $263.92
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $234.00 $45.28 – $245.70
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $217.16 $44.20 – $260.59
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $220.12 $45.28 – $220.12
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $219.93 $44.20 – $263.92
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $234.00 $45.28 – $255.06
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $220.12 $45.28 – $264.15
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $219.93 $44.20 – $263.92

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