Chromosome study additional 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

$37.87

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.

$87.00

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.

$15.08 with Aetna vs $140.19 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
Aetna Better Health $15.08 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Nexus $16.18 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $16.18 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $18.94 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Commercial $18.94 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Community Plan $28.92 ↓ -24%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $29.47 ↓ -22%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $34.43 ↓ -9%
Humana Medicare $34.43 ↓ -9%
Aetna Medicare $34.43 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $34.43 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $34.43 ↓ -9%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $34.43 ↓ -9%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $34.43 ↓ -9%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $34.43 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $34.43 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $34.43 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Medicare $35.12 ↓ -7%
Aetna PPO $42.35 ↑ +12%
Aetna HMO $42.35 ↑ +12%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $49.59 ↑ +31%
First Health Commercial $52.20 ↑ +38%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $66.81 ↑ +76%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $68.52 ↑ +81%
Emblem Health Commercial $68.86 ↑ +82%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $70.52 ↑ +86%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $71.25 ↑ +88%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $73.95 ↑ +95%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $73.95 ↑ +95%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $82.17 ↑ +117%
Amerihealth Local Value $82.17 ↑ +117%
Cigna HMO $140.19 ↑ +270%
Cigna PPO $140.19 ↑ +270%

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Chromosome study additional at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $37.87 $16.18 – $140.19
Community Medical Center Toms River $37.87 $16.18 – $140.19
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $37.87 $16.18 – $140.19
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $37.87 $16.18 – $140.19
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $37.87 $16.18 – $140.19
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $37.87 $16.18 – $140.19
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $34.43 $34.43 – $157.77
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $34.43 $27.54 – $154.61

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