Low cost skin substitute app 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

$133.90

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.

$817.00

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.

$18.77 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $4,174.00 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 $18.77 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Community Plan $99.34 ↓ -26%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $102.20 ↓ -24%
Aetna Better Health $108.82 ↓ -19%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $409.72 ↑ +206%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $468.22 ↑ +250%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $471.49 ↑ +252%
First Health Commercial $490.20 ↑ +266%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $503.02 ↑ +276%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $513.56 ↑ +284%
Amerihealth Local Value $594.93 ↑ +344%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $626.06 ↑ +368%
Qualcare Inc WC $681.37 ↑ +409%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO $681.37 ↑ +409%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $694.45 ↑ +419%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,211.00 ↑ +1551%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,595.00 ↑ +1838%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,601.00 ↑ +1842%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,053.00 ↑ +2180%
Aetna HMO $4,174.00 ↑ +3017%
Aetna PPO $4,174.00 ↑ +3017%

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Low cost skin substitute app at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $160.19 $19.72 – $19.72
Community Medical Center Toms River $156.79 $20.20 – $20.20
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $162.50 $19.48 – $19.48
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $157.47 $35.76 – $35.76
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $157.09 $21.38 – $21.38
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $165.41 $38.97 – $38.97
Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus Lakewood $179.70 $48.59 – $48.59
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick $161.25 $17.94 – $17.94

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