Echo tee probe placement image acquisition interpretation & report 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

$1,169.89

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.

$5,521.00

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.

$615.15 with Wellpoint vs $4,266.15 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
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $615.15 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare $615.15 ↓ -47%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $615.15 ↓ -47%
Aetna Medicare $615.15 ↓ -47%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $615.15 ↓ -47%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $615.15 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Medicare $627.45 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $719.00 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare Nexus $719.00 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare Community Plan $794.50 ↓ -32%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $810.06 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $846.00 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare Commercial $846.00 ↓ -28%
Aetna Better Health $870.29 ↓ -26%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $939.56 ↓ -20%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $1,224.15 ↑ +5%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,230.30 ↑ +5%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,663.79 ↑ +42%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $2,756.93 ↑ +136%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $2,860.83 ↑ +145%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $2,885.42 ↑ +147%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $2,938.62 ↑ +151%
First Health Commercial $3,011.40 ↑ +157%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $3,109.77 ↑ +166%
Amerihealth Local Value $3,109.77 ↑ +166%
Cigna HMO $3,464.61 ↑ +196%
Cigna PPO $3,649.31 ↑ +212%
Aetna HMO $3,663.87 ↑ +213%
Aetna PPO $3,663.87 ↑ +213%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $3,854.59 ↑ +229%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $4,110.56 ↑ +251%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $4,266.15 ↑ +265%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $4,266.15 ↑ +265%

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