Alpha-fetoprotein afp-l3 frac & total at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center

94 Old Short Hills Rd, Livingston, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1396857488

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 4, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$70.85

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.

$202.00

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.

$30.27 with United Healthcare vs $263.03 with Cigna — 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 $30.27 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $30.27 ↓ -57%
Aetna Better Health $35.02 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $35.43 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Commercial $35.43 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Community Plan $54.11 ↓ -24%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $55.14 ↓ -22%
Amerihealth Local Value $56.84 ↓ -20%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $56.84 ↓ -20%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $64.41 ↓ -9%
Humana Medicare $64.41 ↓ -9%
Aetna Medicare $64.41 ↓ -9%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $64.41 ↓ -9%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $64.41 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $64.41 ↓ -9%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $64.41 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $64.41 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $64.41 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $64.41 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Medicare $65.70 ↓ -7%
Aetna HMO $79.22 ↑ +12%
Aetna PPO $79.22 ↑ +12%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $115.14 ↑ +63%
First Health Commercial $121.20 ↑ +71%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $128.18 ↑ +81%
Emblem Health Commercial $128.82 ↑ +82%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $147.58 ↑ +108%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $155.13 ↑ +119%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $165.43 ↑ +133%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $171.70 ↑ +142%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $171.70 ↑ +142%
Cigna HMO $263.03 ↑ +271%
Cigna PPO $263.03 ↑ +271%

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Alpha-fetoprotein afp-l3 frac & total at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $70.85 $30.27 – $263.03
Community Medical Center Toms River $70.85 $30.27 – $263.03
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $70.85 $30.27 – $263.03
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $70.85 $30.27 – $263.03
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $70.85 $30.27 – $263.03
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $70.85 $30.27 – $263.03
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $64.41 $64.41 – $295.15
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $64.41 $51.53 – $289.23

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