Cholecystostomy complete w/supervision & interpretation at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center
94 Old Short Hills Rd, Livingston, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1396857488
$6,839.00
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.
$8,147.00
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$301.29 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $7,918.64 with Emblem Health — 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 | $301.29 | ↓ -96% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $1,289.67 | ↓ -81% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $1,314.92 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $1,412.68 | ↓ -79% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS | $2,699.00 | ↓ -61% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $2,700.73 | ↓ -61% |
| Wellpoint | NJ Family Care | $3,266.00 | ↓ -52% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $3,959.32 | ↓ -42% |
| Humana | Medicare | $3,959.32 | ↓ -42% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Medicare Advantage | $3,959.32 | ↓ -42% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $3,959.32 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $3,959.32 | ↓ -42% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Advantage | $3,959.32 | ↓ -42% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $4,038.51 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | PPO | $4,294.00 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | HMO | $4,294.00 | ↓ -37% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $4,475.14 | ↓ -35% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $4,683.71 | ↓ -32% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $4,770.06 | ↓ -30% |
| Cigna | HMO | $4,879.23 | ↓ -29% |
| First Health | Commercial | $4,888.20 | ↓ -29% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $5,047.88 | ↓ -26% |
| Cigna | PPO | $5,139.12 | ↓ -25% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $5,145.00 | ↓ -25% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $5,463.00 | ↓ -20% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $6,053.00 | ↓ -11% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $6,427.00 | ↓ -6% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $6,864.66 | ↑ +0% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $6,924.95 | ↑ +1% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $6,924.95 | ↑ +1% |
| Qualcare Inc | PPO/WC | $7,087.89 | ↑ +4% |
| Wellcare | Ambetter Health Commercial | $7,879.05 | ↑ +15% |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | $7,918.64 | ↑ +16% |
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| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $5,855.00 | $166.67 – $7,713.68 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $3,786.00 | $308.55 – $7,675.11 |
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| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $4,881.00 | $171.57 – $7,918.64 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $5,339.00 | $215.69 – $8,270.50 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $5,419.00 | $595.32 – $7,773.30 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $3,906.18 | $3,906.18 – $4,687.41 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $4,156.03 | $702.46 – $4,363.83 |