Macroscopic exam arthropod 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

$4.70

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.

$95.00

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.

$2.01 with United Healthcare vs $80.75 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
United Healthcare Nexus $2.01 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2.01 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2.35 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Commercial $2.35 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Community Plan $3.59 ↓ -24%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $3.69 ↓ -21%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $3.97 ↓ -16%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $4.27 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $4.27 ↓ -9%
Aetna Medicare $4.27 ↓ -9%
Humana Medicare $4.27 ↓ -9%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $4.27 ↓ -9%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $4.27 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Medicare $4.36 ↓ -7%
Aetna HMO $5.12 ↑ +9%
Aetna PPO $5.12 ↑ +9%
Emblem Health Commercial $7.47 ↑ +59%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $8.50 ↑ +81%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $12.59 ↑ +168%
Aetna Better Health $12.65 ↑ +169%
Amerihealth Local Value $13.53 ↑ +188%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $15.11 ↑ +221%
Cigna HMO $17.35 ↑ +269%
Cigna PPO $17.35 ↑ +269%
Cigna Local Plus $17.35 ↑ +269%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $17.37 ↑ +270%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $18.50 ↑ +294%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $18.89 ↑ +302%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $54.44 ↑ +1058%
First Health Commercial $57.00 ↑ +1113%
Qualcare Inc WC $79.23 ↑ +1586%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO $79.23 ↑ +1586%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $80.75 ↑ +1618%

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Macroscopic exam arthropod at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $4.70 $2.01 – $21.30
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $4.70 $2.01 – $17.35
Community Medical Center Toms River $4.70 $2.01 – $17.35
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $4.70 $2.01 – $17.35
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4.70 $2.01 – $17.35
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $4.70 $2.01 – $17.35
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $4.70 $2.01 – $17.35
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $4.27 $4.27 – $19.57

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