CT scan for therapy guide at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center
94 Old Short Hills Rd, Livingston, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1396857488
$319.96
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.
$1,510.00
Gross charge 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.
$68.95 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $1,797.00 with Qualcare Inc — 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 | $68.95 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | HMO | $206.94 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | PPO | $206.94 | ↓ -35% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $213.98 | ↓ -33% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $213.98 | ↓ -33% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $239.03 | ↓ -25% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $243.71 | ↓ -24% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $261.83 | ↓ -18% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $500.56 | ↑ +56% |
| Qualcare Inc | PPO/WC | $726.00 | ↑ +127% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $829.44 | ↑ +159% |
| Wellpoint | NJ Family Care | $860.70 | ↑ +169% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $868.09 | ↑ +171% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $884.10 | ↑ +176% |
| First Health | Commercial | $906.00 | ↑ +183% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $1,283.50 | ↑ +301% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $1,283.50 | ↑ +301% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS | $1,797.00 | ↑ +462% |
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CT scan for therapy guide at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $262.78 | $62.10 – $763.81 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $290.36 | $68.95 – $726.00 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $314.53 | $63.92 – $726.00 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $306.32 | $68.95 – $726.00 |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton | Hamilton Township | $254.04 | $68.95 – $2,995.00 |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital | New Brunswick | $322.08 | $68.95 – $304.05 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | not published | $68.95 – $726.00 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | not published | $68.95 – $704.00 |