Procalcitonin 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

$29.94

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.

$452.00

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.

$12.79 with United Healthcare vs $384.20 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 $12.79 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $12.79 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $14.97 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Commercial $14.97 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Community Plan $22.87 ↓ -24%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $23.52 ↓ -21%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $24.88 ↓ -17%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $27.22 ↓ -9%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $27.22 ↓ -9%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $27.22 ↓ -9%
Humana Medicare $27.22 ↓ -9%
Aetna Medicare $27.22 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $27.22 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Medicare $27.76 ↓ -7%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $30.36 ↑ +1%
Amerihealth Local Value $32.64 ↑ +9%
Aetna PPO $32.66 ↑ +9%
Aetna HMO $32.66 ↑ +9%
Emblem Health Commercial $47.64 ↑ +59%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $54.17 ↑ +81%
Aetna Better Health $60.20 ↑ +101%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $96.34 ↑ +222%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $110.72 ↑ +270%
Cigna HMO $110.82 ↑ +270%
Cigna PPO $110.82 ↑ +270%
Cigna Local Plus $110.82 ↑ +270%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $117.96 ↑ +294%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $120.43 ↑ +302%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $259.04 ↑ +765%
First Health Commercial $271.20 ↑ +806%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO $376.96 ↑ +1159%
Qualcare Inc WC $376.96 ↑ +1159%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $384.20 ↑ +1183%

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Procalcitonin at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $29.94 $12.79 – $110.82
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $29.94 $12.79 – $110.82
Community Medical Center Toms River $29.94 $12.79 – $110.82
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $29.94 $12.79 – $110.82
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $94.00 $21.78 – $22.43
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $29.94 $12.79 – $110.82
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $29.94 $12.79 – $110.82
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $29.94 $12.79 – $110.82

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