Ultrasound guidance for vascular access 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

$104.07

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$635.00

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.

$47.56 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $539.75 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $47.56 ↓ -54%
Aetna PPO $64.10 ↓ -38%
Aetna HMO $64.10 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Community Plan $77.21 ↓ -26%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $79.43 ↓ -24%
Aetna Better Health $84.58 ↓ -19%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $318.45 ↑ +206%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $363.91 ↑ +250%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $366.45 ↑ +252%
First Health Commercial $381.00 ↑ +266%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $390.96 ↑ +276%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $399.16 ↑ +284%
Qualcare Inc WC $529.59 ↑ +409%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO $529.59 ↑ +409%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $539.75 ↑ +419%

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Ultrasound guidance for vascular access at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $115.62 $19.85 – $257.78
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $129.68 $33.18 – $69.84
Community Medical Center Toms River $127.75 $33.18 – $64.10
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $126.30 $33.18 – $69.84
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $127.47 $20.43 – $69.84
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $128.00 $25.69 – $67.85
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $134.78 $44.24 – $65.98
Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus Lakewood $146.42 $44.24 – $65.98

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