Nushield 1 square cm 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

$302.66

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.

$1,846.63

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.

$98.63 with United Healthcare vs $2,889.45 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 Commercial $98.63 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $98.63 ↓ -67%
Cigna Local Plus $103.87 ↓ -66%
Cigna PPO $103.87 ↓ -66%
Cigna HMO $103.87 ↓ -66%
Amerihealth Local Value $107.00 ↓ -65%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $107.00 ↓ -65%
Aetna HMO $112.72 ↓ -63%
Aetna PPO $112.72 ↓ -63%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $231.01 ↓ -24%
Qualcare Inc WC $609.38 ↑ +101%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO $609.38 ↑ +101%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $926.08 ↑ +206%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,058.30 ↑ +250%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $1,065.69 ↑ +252%
First Health Commercial $1,107.97 ↑ +266%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $1,136.97 ↑ +276%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $1,160.79 ↑ +284%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,569.63 ↑ +419%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $2,889.45 ↑ +855%
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Nushield 1 square cm at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $346.61 $47.31 – $572.97
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $279.50 $93.93 – $115.53
Community Medical Center Toms River $273.56 $93.93 – $112.72
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $262.35 $93.93 – $115.53
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $274.75 $93.93 – $115.53
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $274.09 $61.22 – $112.72
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $288.60 $93.93 – $115.53
Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus Lakewood $313.53 $93.93 – $115.53

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