Evaluation heart device 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

$675.74

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$3,189.00

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.

$213.92 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $10,182.00 with Aetna — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $213.92 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Community Plan $504.81 ↓ -25%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $514.70 ↓ -24%
Aetna Better Health $552.97 ↓ -18%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,057.15 ↑ +56%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $1,751.71 ↑ +159%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $1,817.73 ↑ +169%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $1,833.35 ↑ +171%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $1,867.15 ↑ +176%
First Health Commercial $1,913.40 ↑ +183%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $1,975.90 ↑ +192%
Amerihealth Local Value $1,975.90 ↑ +192%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $2,449.15 ↑ +262%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $2,611.79 ↑ +287%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,626.00 ↑ +289%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $2,710.65 ↑ +301%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $2,710.65 ↑ +301%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,788.00 ↑ +313%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $3,089.00 ↑ +357%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,280.00 ↑ +385%
Aetna PPO $10,182.00 ↑ +1407%
Aetna HMO $10,182.00 ↑ +1407%

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Evaluation heart device at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $524.89 $211.35 – $211.35
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $664.26 $123.01 – $387.90
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $486.25 $154.64 – $231.97
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick $680.21 $194.59 – $323.64
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway Rahway $340.43 $248.72 – $248.72
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth not published $119.49 – $1,372.65
Community Medical Center Toms River not published $219.08 – $219.08
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch not published $422.69 – $422.69

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