Insert swan-ganz cath 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

$472.03

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.

$2,880.00

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.

$210.30 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $17,890.00 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 $210.30 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Community Plan $350.20 ↓ -26%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $360.28 ↓ -24%
Aetna Better Health $383.61 ↓ -19%
Cigna Local Plus $1,383.55 ↑ +193%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,650.52 ↑ +250%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $1,697.72 ↑ +260%
Humana Medicare $1,697.72 ↑ +260%
Aetna Medicare $1,697.72 ↑ +260%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $1,697.72 ↑ +260%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $1,697.72 ↑ +260%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $1,697.72 ↑ +260%
First Health Commercial $1,728.00 ↑ +266%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,731.67 ↑ +267%
Cigna HMO $1,757.95 ↑ +272%
Cigna PPO $1,851.55 ↑ +292%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,255.00 ↑ +378%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $2,448.00 ↑ +419%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,647.00 ↑ +461%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,653.00 ↑ +462%
Emblem Health Commercial $2,971.01 ↑ +529%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,114.00 ↑ +560%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $3,378.46 ↑ +616%
Qualcare Inc WC $5,563.00 ↑ +1079%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO $5,563.00 ↑ +1079%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $6,008.74 ↑ +1173%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $6,905.82 ↑ +1363%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $7,357.41 ↑ +1459%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $7,511.05 ↑ +1491%
Aetna HMO $17,890.00 ↑ +3690%
Aetna PPO $17,890.00 ↑ +3690%
Amerihealth Local Value not published by hospital
Amerihealth Regional Preferred not published by hospital

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