Cine/video x-rays add-on 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

$41.32

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.

$195.00

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.

$11.48 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $165.75 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
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $11.48 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Community Plan $30.86 ↓ -25%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $31.47 ↓ -24%
Aetna Better Health $33.81 ↓ -18%
Amerihealth Local Value $61.54 ↑ +49%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $61.54 ↑ +49%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $79.46 ↑ +92%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $79.46 ↑ +92%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $79.46 ↑ +92%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $79.46 ↑ +92%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $86.00 ↑ +108%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $111.15 ↑ +169%
First Health Commercial $117.00 ↑ +183%
Aetna PPO $142.35 ↑ +245%
Aetna HMO $142.35 ↑ +245%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $159.70 ↑ +286%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $165.75 ↑ +301%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $165.75 ↑ +301%

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Cine/video x-rays add-on at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $38.29 $5.10 – $83.02
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $42.76 $11.48 – $61.66
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $40.61 $5.25 – $86.00
Community Medical Center Toms River not published $11.48 – $61.54
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City not published $6.60 – $74.20
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch not published $11.48 – $86.00
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel not published $58.94 – $87.52
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack not published $10.41 – $142.14

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