Hand X-ray (2 views, both hands) at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center
94 Old Short Hills Rd, Livingston, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1396857488
not published by hospital
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.
$1,250.00
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.
$18.04 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $238.62 with Emblem Health — 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 | $18.04 | — |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $33.18 | — |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $33.18 | — |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $33.18 | — |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $33.18 | — |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $37.76 | — |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $37.76 | — |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS | $55.00 | — |
| Aetna | HMO | $65.17 | — |
| Aetna | PPO | $65.17 | — |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $119.31 | — |
| Humana | Medicare | $119.31 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare | $119.31 | — |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $119.31 | — |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Medicare Advantage | $119.31 | — |
| Clover Health | Medicare Advantage | $119.31 | — |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $121.70 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $123.12 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $123.12 | — |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $143.22 | — |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $143.22 | — |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $177.09 | — |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $177.09 | — |
| Wellcare | Ambetter Health Commercial | $237.43 | — |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | $238.62 | — |
| Wellpoint | NJ Family Care | not published by hospital | — |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | not published by hospital | — |
| First Health | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | not published by hospital | — |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | not published by hospital | — |
| Qualcare Inc | PPO/WC | not published by hospital | — |
| Self Pay | Self Pay | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Better Health | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Hand X-ray (2 views, both hands) at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Carrier Clinic | Belle Mead | $220.00 | not published |
| Childrens Specialized Hospital | Mountainside | $343.00 | $11.00 – $655.00 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $117.70 | $36.37 – $295.04 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $125.23 | $16.35 – $336.99 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $116.22 | $36.37 – $116.22 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $117.81 | $48.02 – $312.47 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $117.70 | $36.37 – $123.59 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $125.23 | $18.04 – $295.04 |