Bundled special stain group 2 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

$75.55

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.

$461.00

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.

$15.96 with United Healthcare vs $623.24 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 Nexus $15.96 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $15.96 ↓ -79%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $16.40 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Commercial $18.39 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $18.39 ↓ -76%
Aetna Better Health $61.40 ↓ -19%
United Healthcare Community Plan $71.55 ↓ -5%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $73.59 ↓ -3%
Aetna PPO $104.99 ↑ +39%
Aetna HMO $104.99 ↑ +39%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $112.23 ↑ +49%
Amerihealth Local Value $120.64 ↑ +60%
Aetna Medicare $140.87 ↑ +86%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $140.87 ↑ +86%
Humana Medicare $140.87 ↑ +86%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $140.87 ↑ +86%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $140.87 ↑ +86%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $140.87 ↑ +86%
United Healthcare Medicare $143.69 ↑ +90%
Emblem Health Commercial $246.52 ↑ +226%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $264.19 ↑ +250%
First Health Commercial $276.60 ↑ +266%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $280.33 ↑ +271%
Cigna HMO $285.58 ↑ +278%
Cigna PPO $285.58 ↑ +278%
Cigna Local Plus $285.58 ↑ +278%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO $384.47 ↑ +409%
Qualcare Inc WC $384.47 ↑ +409%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $391.85 ↑ +419%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $498.58 ↑ +560%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $573.02 ↑ +658%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $610.49 ↑ +708%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $623.24 ↑ +725%

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Bundled special stain group 2 at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $78.08 $15.96 – $285.58
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $54.67 $15.96 – $289.24
Community Medical Center Toms River $86.27 $15.96 – $285.58
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $62.85 $15.96 – $287.79
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $53.74 $15.96 – $289.24
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $86.44 $15.96 – $302.08
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $91.02 $15.96 – $285.58
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $142.67 $69.46 – $155.51

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