Ventilator initial day at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton
1 Hamilton Health Pl, Hamilton Township, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1629069638
$487.11
Cash price 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.
$2,972.00
Gross charge 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.
$77.59 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $3,196.48 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $77.59 | ↓ -84% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $326.00 | ↓ -33% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $326.00 | ↓ -33% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $361.39 | ↓ -26% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $371.79 | ↓ -24% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $383.00 | ↓ -21% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $383.00 | ↓ -21% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $395.87 | ↓ -19% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Advantage | $722.50 | ↑ +48% |
| Humana | Medicare | $722.50 | ↑ +48% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $722.50 | ↑ +48% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Medicare Advantage | $722.50 | ↑ +48% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $722.50 | ↑ +48% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $722.50 | ↑ +48% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $736.95 | ↑ +51% |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | $1,264.38 | ↑ +160% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $1,427.74 | ↑ +193% |
| Wellcare | Ambetter Health Commercial | $1,437.78 | ↑ +195% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $1,442.60 | ↑ +196% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $1,589.12 | ↑ +226% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $1,703.25 | ↑ +250% |
| Aetna | HMO | $1,753.48 | ↑ +260% |
| Aetna | PPO | $1,753.48 | ↑ +260% |
| First Health | Commercial | $1,783.20 | ↑ +266% |
| Cigna | HMO | $1,814.10 | ↑ +272% |
| Cigna | PPO | $1,910.69 | ↑ +292% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS/PPO | $2,478.64 | ↑ +409% |
| Qualcare Inc | WC | $2,478.64 | ↑ +409% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $2,526.20 | ↑ +419% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $2,557.14 | ↑ +425% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $2,938.91 | ↑ +503% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $3,131.10 | ↑ +543% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $3,196.48 | ↑ +556% |
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Ventilator initial day at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $598.38 | $45.27 – $1,445.00 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $721.51 | $81.52 – $1,483.40 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $661.19 | $83.49 – $1,437.78 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $566.46 | $80.54 – $1,475.98 |
| Childrens Specialized Hospital | Mountainside | $284.00 | $394.00 – $394.00 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $709.26 | $46.60 – $1,483.40 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $662.46 | $58.58 – $1,549.31 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $697.53 | $161.08 – $1,456.18 |