Vein x-ray liver 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

$775.24

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.

$4,730.00

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.

$186.35 with Aetna vs $15,218.54 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
Aetna HMO $186.35 ↓ -76%
Aetna PPO $186.35 ↓ -76%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $267.89 ↓ -65%
Cigna PPO $379.97 ↓ -51%
Cigna HMO $379.97 ↓ -51%
Cigna Local Plus $379.97 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Community Plan $575.16 ↓ -26%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $591.72 ↓ -24%
Aetna Better Health $630.03 ↓ -19%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $2,710.76 ↑ +250%
First Health Commercial $2,838.00 ↑ +266%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $3,439.84 ↑ +344%
Humana Medicare $3,439.84 ↑ +344%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $3,439.84 ↑ +344%
Aetna Medicare $3,439.84 ↑ +344%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $3,439.84 ↑ +344%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $3,439.84 ↑ +344%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,508.64 ↑ +353%
Qualcare Inc WC $3,944.82 ↑ +409%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO $3,944.82 ↑ +409%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $3,991.82 ↑ +415%
United Healthcare Nexus $3,991.82 ↑ +415%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $4,020.50 ↑ +419%
United Healthcare Commercial $4,378.62 ↑ +465%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $4,378.62 ↑ +465%
Emblem Health Commercial $6,019.72 ↑ +676%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $6,845.28 ↑ +783%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $12,174.63 ↑ +1470%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $13,992.24 ↑ +1705%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $14,907.23 ↑ +1823%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $15,218.54 ↑ +1863%

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Vein x-ray liver at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $1,347.49 $64.07 – $6,879.68
Community Medical Center Toms River $1,488.92 $186.35 – $6,845.28
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $1,488.09 $65.95 – $7,062.48
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $3,483.84 $251.33 – $7,747.94
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $3,706.68 $236.87 – $8,849.68
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $3,439.84 $226.43 – $3,439.84
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $3,486.86 $236.87 – $8,205.81
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