Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj crv-thr/lmb-scr w/img addl 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.

$2,889.00

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.

$351.30 with United Healthcare vs $10,821.00 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
United Healthcare Community Plan $351.30 ↓ -93%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $361.41 ↓ -93%
Aetna Better Health $384.81 ↓ -92%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $912.85 ↓ -82%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,448.83 ↓ -72%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,655.68 ↓ -68%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $1,667.24 ↓ -67%
First Health Commercial $1,733.40 ↓ -66%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $1,778.75 ↓ -65%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $1,816.02 ↓ -64%
Amerihealth Local Value $2,103.76 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,211.00 ↓ -57%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $2,213.84 ↓ -57%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO $2,397.87 ↓ -53%
Qualcare Inc WC $2,397.87 ↓ -53%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $2,455.65 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,595.00 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,601.00 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,053.00 ↓ -40%
Aetna HMO $4,174.00 ↓ -18%
Aetna PPO $4,174.00 ↓ -18%
Cigna Local Plus $8,086.00 ↑ +58%
Cigna HMO $10,274.00 ↑ +101%
Cigna PPO $10,821.00 ↑ +112%

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Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj crv-thr/lmb-scr w/img addl at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $375.56 – $1,978.15
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $386.61 – $1,739.03
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $1,895.02 – $1,895.02
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick $5,741.00 $872.40 – $4,025.38
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset Somerville $6,311.00 $397.66 – $872.40
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston not published $959.07 – $959.07
Community Medical Center Toms River not published $982.18 – $982.18
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville not published $947.51 – $947.51

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