CT t-spine w /wo contrast 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

$935.86

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.

$5,710.00

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.

$194.55 with Wellpoint vs $4,853.50 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
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $194.55 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare $194.55 ↓ -79%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $194.55 ↓ -79%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $194.55 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare $194.55 ↓ -79%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $194.55 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Medicare $198.44 ↓ -79%
Cigna Local Plus $221.00 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $241.66 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Nexus $241.66 ↓ -74%
Cigna HMO $281.00 ↓ -70%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $287.00 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $287.91 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Commercial $287.91 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO $296.00 ↓ -68%
Emblem Health Commercial $340.46 ↓ -64%
Aetna HMO $364.19 ↓ -61%
Aetna PPO $364.19 ↓ -61%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $387.15 ↓ -59%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $507.37 ↓ -46%
Amerihealth Local Value $545.43 ↓ -42%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $688.57 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Community Plan $694.33 ↓ -26%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $714.32 ↓ -24%
Aetna Better Health $760.57 ↓ -19%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $791.37 ↓ -15%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $843.12 ↓ -10%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $860.73 ↓ -8%
Qualcare Inc WC $2,995.00 ↑ +220%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO $2,995.00 ↑ +220%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $3,272.40 ↑ +250%
First Health Commercial $3,426.00 ↑ +266%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $4,853.50 ↑ +419%

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CT t-spine w /wo contrast at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $573.04 $106.05 – $735.87
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $585.90 $199.72 – $726.00
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $1,135.71 $199.72 – $726.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $575.94 $109.17 – $726.00
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $634.41 $137.24 – $704.00
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $667.99 $197.04 – $726.00
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $197.04 $197.04 – $1,762.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $209.65 $167.72 – $3,036.82

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