Myelography via inj w/s&i 2+ regions 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

$5,110.00

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.

$2,761.00

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.

$244.03 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $6,607.00 with Cigna — 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 $244.03 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan $335.73 ↓ -93%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $345.40 ↓ -93%
Aetna Better Health $367.76 ↓ -93%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $863.44 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare $863.44 ↓ -83%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $863.44 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare $863.44 ↓ -83%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $863.44 ↓ -83%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $863.44 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicare $880.71 ↓ -83%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,511.02 ↓ -70%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,582.32 ↓ -69%
First Health Commercial $1,656.60 ↓ -68%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $1,718.25 ↓ -66%
Amerihealth Local Value $2,010.56 ↓ -61%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $2,115.75 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,255.00 ↓ -56%
Qualcare Inc WC $2,291.63 ↓ -55%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO $2,291.63 ↓ -55%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $2,346.85 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,647.00 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,653.00 ↓ -48%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $3,055.97 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,114.00 ↓ -39%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $3,512.21 ↓ -31%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $3,741.89 ↓ -27%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $3,820.03 ↓ -25%
Cigna Local Plus $4,937.00 ↓ -3%
Aetna PPO $5,009.00 ↓ -2%
Aetna HMO $5,009.00 ↓ -2%
Cigna HMO $6,273.00 ↑ +23%
Cigna PPO $6,607.00 ↑ +29%

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Myelography via inj w/s&i 2+ regions at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $141.72 – $1,726.88
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $244.03 – $1,772.76
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $244.03 – $1,718.25
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $244.03 – $1,763.90
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $145.89 – $1,772.76
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $183.40 – $1,851.54
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $244.03 – $1,740.24
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $874.49 $874.49 – $1,049.38

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