Ghs musc tst done w/nerv tst lim 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

$50.15

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.

$306.00

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.

$37.20 with United Healthcare vs $1,187.00 with United Healthcare — 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 Community Plan $37.20 ↓ -26%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $38.28 ↓ -24%
Aetna Better Health $40.75 ↓ -19%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $50.89 ↑ +1%
Cigna Local Plus $147.00 ↑ +193%
Amerihealth Local Value $148.53 ↑ +196%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $153.45 ↑ +206%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $163.61 ↑ +226%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $175.36 ↑ +250%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $176.59 ↑ +252%
Aetna HMO $180.54 ↑ +260%
Aetna PPO $180.54 ↑ +260%
First Health Commercial $183.60 ↑ +266%
Cigna HMO $186.78 ↑ +272%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $188.40 ↑ +276%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $192.35 ↑ +284%
Cigna PPO $196.72 ↑ +292%
Qualcare Inc WC $255.20 ↑ +409%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO $255.20 ↑ +409%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $260.10 ↑ +419%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $1,009.00 ↑ +1912%
United Healthcare Nexus $1,009.00 ↑ +1912%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $1,187.00 ↑ +2267%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,187.00 ↑ +2267%

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Ghs musc tst done w/nerv tst lim at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $92.17 $53.47 – $1,009.00
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $152.00 $272.00 – $272.00
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $71.06 $41.54 – $1,009.00
Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus Lakewood $81.29 $131.74 – $1,009.00
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick $92.78 $48.64 – $1,009.00
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth not published $32.10 – $1,009.00
Community Medical Center Toms River not published $54.76 – $1,009.00
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville not published $52.82 – $1,009.00

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