MRA abdomen post 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

$1,184.17

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$7,225.00

Gross charge

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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.

$229.60 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $5,789.35 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

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

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 $229.60 ↓ -81%
Cigna Local Plus $327.00 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $364.19 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Nexus $364.19 ↓ -69%
Cigna HMO $414.00 ↓ -65%
Cigna PPO $437.00 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $477.84 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Commercial $477.84 ↓ -60%
Aetna HMO $660.81 ↓ -44%
Aetna PPO $660.81 ↓ -44%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $715.52 ↓ -40%
Amerihealth Local Value $769.19 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare Community Plan $828.21 ↓ -30%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $852.05 ↓ -28%
Aetna Better Health $907.22 ↓ -23%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $3,415.71 ↑ +188%
Qualcare Inc WC $3,493.00 ↑ +195%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO $3,493.00 ↑ +195%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $3,903.38 ↑ +230%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $3,930.62 ↑ +232%
First Health Commercial $4,086.60 ↑ +245%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $4,193.53 ↑ +254%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $4,281.39 ↑ +262%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $5,789.35 ↑ +389%

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MRA abdomen post contrast at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $1,063.32 $180.41 – $2,659.17
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $1,008.22 $229.60 – $2,072.00
Community Medical Center Toms River $1,318.23 $229.60 – $2,072.00
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $965.46 $229.60 – $2,072.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $991.09 $185.71 – $2,072.00
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $1,320.77 $229.60 – $2,010.00
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $1,390.69 $229.60 – $2,072.00
Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus Lakewood $1,510.82 $229.60 – $2,072.00

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