Puncture aspiration abscess/hematoma/bulla/cyst 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.

$1,116.00

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.

$114.53 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $4,174.00 with Aetna — 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 $114.53 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Community Plan $135.70 ↓ -97%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $139.61 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health $148.65 ↓ -97%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $436.64 ↓ -91%
Humana Medicare $436.64 ↓ -91%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $436.64 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare $436.64 ↓ -91%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $436.64 ↓ -91%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $436.64 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Medicare $445.37 ↓ -91%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $639.57 ↓ -87%
First Health Commercial $669.60 ↓ -87%
Emblem Health Commercial $764.12 ↓ -85%
Amerihealth Local Value $812.67 ↓ -84%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $855.19 ↓ -83%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $868.91 ↓ -83%
Qualcare Inc WC $926.28 ↓ -82%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO $926.28 ↓ -82%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $948.60 ↓ -81%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,545.40 ↓ -70%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $1,776.12 ↓ -65%
Cigna Local Plus $1,857.00 ↓ -64%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $1,892.27 ↓ -63%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $1,931.78 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,211.00 ↓ -57%
Cigna HMO $2,360.00 ↓ -54%
Cigna PPO $2,486.00 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,595.00 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,601.00 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,053.00 ↓ -40%
Aetna PPO $4,174.00 ↓ -18%
Aetna HMO $4,174.00 ↓ -18%

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Puncture aspiration abscess/hematoma/bulla/cyst at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $123.23 – $868.91
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $118.88 – $892.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $69.23 – $896.48
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $442.22 $442.22 – $530.67
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $470.51 $209.77 – $494.04
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $436.64 $201.99 – $523.97
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $442.61 $144.98 – $442.61
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $442.22 $201.99 – $530.67

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