Warde vitamin c (ascorbic acid) 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

$10.88

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.

$68.00

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.

$4.65 with United Healthcare vs $57.80 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 $4.65 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $4.65 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Commercial $5.44 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $5.44 ↓ -50%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $5.90 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Community Plan $8.31 ↓ -24%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $8.54 ↓ -22%
Aetna Better Health $9.05 ↓ -17%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $9.89 ↓ -9%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $9.89 ↓ -9%
Aetna Medicare $9.89 ↓ -9%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $9.89 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $9.89 ↓ -9%
Humana Medicare $9.89 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Medicare $10.09 ↓ -7%
Aetna PPO $11.87 ↑ +9%
Aetna HMO $11.87 ↑ +9%
Emblem Health Commercial $17.31 ↑ +59%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $19.68 ↑ +81%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $27.16 ↑ +150%
Amerihealth Local Value $29.19 ↑ +168%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $35.00 ↑ +222%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $38.97 ↑ +258%
Cigna HMO $40.05 ↑ +268%
Cigna PPO $40.05 ↑ +268%
Cigna Local Plus $40.05 ↑ +268%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $40.23 ↑ +270%
First Health Commercial $40.80 ↑ +275%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $42.86 ↑ +294%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $43.76 ↑ +302%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO $56.71 ↑ +421%
Qualcare Inc WC $56.71 ↑ +421%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $57.80 ↑ +431%

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Warde vitamin c (ascorbic acid) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $10.88 $3.67 – $45.95
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $10.88 $4.65 – $40.05
Community Medical Center Toms River $10.88 $4.65 – $40.05
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $10.88 $4.65 – $40.05
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $35.00 $7.91 – $8.15
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $10.88 $4.65 – $40.05
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $10.88 $4.65 – $40.05
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $10.88 $4.65 – $40.05

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