Echo tee guidance at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center
94 Old Short Hills Rd, Livingston, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1396857488
$977.49
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.
$4,613.00
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.
$205.04 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $3,921.05 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.
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 | $205.04 | ↓ -79% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $719.00 | ↓ -26% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $719.00 | ↓ -26% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $730.23 | ↓ -25% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $744.53 | ↓ -24% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $799.89 | ↓ -18% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $846.00 | ↓ -13% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $846.00 | ↓ -13% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $1,529.20 | ↑ +56% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $2,533.92 | ↑ +159% |
| Wellpoint | NJ Family Care | $2,629.41 | ↑ +169% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $2,652.01 | ↑ +171% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $2,700.91 | ↑ +176% |
| First Health | Commercial | $2,767.80 | ↑ +183% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $2,858.21 | ↑ +192% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $2,858.21 | ↑ +192% |
| Cigna | HMO | $3,184.35 | ↑ +226% |
| Cigna | PPO | $3,354.11 | ↑ +243% |
| Aetna | HMO | $3,367.49 | ↑ +245% |
| Aetna | PPO | $3,367.49 | ↑ +245% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS | $3,542.78 | ↑ +262% |
| Qualcare Inc | PPO/WC | $3,778.04 | ↑ +287% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $3,921.05 | ↑ +301% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $3,921.05 | ↑ +301% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Echo tee guidance at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $386.46 | $202.57 – $719.00 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $960.88 | $113.78 – $371.80 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $684.90 | $143.04 – $719.00 |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital | New Brunswick | $983.95 | $26.30 – $719.00 |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway | Rahway | $250.64 | $238.39 – $719.00 |
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | not published | $110.53 – $719.00 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | not published | $209.98 – $719.00 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | not published | $405.15 – $719.00 |