Cholecystostomy complete w/supervision & interpretation 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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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.

$7,841.00

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.

$286.77 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $17,063.43 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
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $286.77 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Community Plan $953.46 ↓ -81%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $980.90 ↓ -81%
Aetna Better Health $1,044.42 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare $3,856.84 ↓ -25%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $3,856.84 ↓ -25%
Aetna Medicare $3,856.84 ↓ -25%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $3,856.84 ↓ -25%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $3,856.84 ↓ -25%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $3,856.84 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,933.98 ↓ -23%
Cigna Local Plus $3,946.37 ↓ -23%
Aetna HMO $4,174.00 ↓ -18%
Aetna PPO $4,174.00 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $4,332.00 ↓ -15%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $4,493.67 ↓ -12%
First Health Commercial $4,704.60 ↓ -8%
Cigna HMO $5,014.31 ↓ -2%
United Healthcare Nexus $5,085.00 ↓ -0%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $5,097.00 ↓ -0%
Cigna PPO $5,281.69 ↑ +3%
Amerihealth Local Value $5,709.81 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $5,982.00 ↑ +17%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $6,008.55 ↑ +18%
Qualcare Inc WC $6,508.03 ↑ +27%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO $6,508.03 ↑ +27%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $6,664.85 ↑ +30%
Emblem Health Commercial $6,749.47 ↑ +32%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $7,675.11 ↑ +50%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $13,650.51 ↑ +167%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $15,688.47 ↑ +207%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $16,714.39 ↑ +227%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $17,063.43 ↑ +234%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $166.67 – $7,713.68
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $301.29 – $7,918.64
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $308.55 – $7,675.11
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $297.66 – $7,879.05
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $171.57 – $7,918.64
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $215.69 – $8,270.50
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $595.32 – $7,773.30
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $3,906.18 $3,906.18 – $4,687.41

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