Brach/thor cath 2nd 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

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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.

$2,981.00

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.

$307.50 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $5,009.00 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 $307.50
United Healthcare Community Plan $362.48
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $372.92
Aetna Better Health $397.06
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,494.97
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,708.41
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $1,720.33
First Health Commercial $1,788.60
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $1,835.40
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $1,873.85
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,211.00
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $2,533.85
United Healthcare Nexus $2,595.00
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,601.00
United Healthcare Commercial $3,053.00
Aetna HMO $5,009.00
Aetna PPO $5,009.00
Amerihealth Local Value not published by hospital
Amerihealth Regional Preferred not published by hospital
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO not published by hospital
Qualcare Inc WC not published by hospital

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Brach/thor cath 2nd at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $546.02 – $1,978.15
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $307.50 – $307.50
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $307.50 – $562.08
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $307.50 – $706.61
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $307.50 – $307.50
Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus Lakewood $4,350.00 $307.50 – $307.50
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick $5,741.00 $307.50 – $1,273.22
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset Somerville $6,311.00 $307.50 – $578.13

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