Immunofluorescence per specimen initial single antibody stain 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

$53.18

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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.

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.

$251.00

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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.

$43.52 with Aetna vs $461.67 with Cigna — 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

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
Aetna Better Health $43.52 ↓ -18%
Amerihealth Local Value $44.20 ↓ -17%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $44.20 ↓ -17%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $65.60 ↑ +23%
United Healthcare Community Plan $128.78 ↑ +142%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $131.24 ↑ +147%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $132.69 ↑ +150%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $132.69 ↑ +150%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $132.69 ↑ +150%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $132.69 ↑ +150%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $143.07 ↑ +169%
First Health Commercial $150.60 ↑ +183%
United Healthcare Nexus $152.33 ↑ +186%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $152.33 ↑ +186%
United Healthcare Commercial $155.88 ↑ +193%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $155.88 ↑ +193%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $192.25 ↑ +262%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $192.25 ↑ +262%
Aetna Medicare $192.25 ↑ +262%
Humana Medicare $192.25 ↑ +262%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $192.25 ↑ +262%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $192.25 ↑ +262%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $192.76 ↑ +262%
United Healthcare Medicare $196.10 ↑ +269%
Aetna PPO $198.56 ↑ +273%
Aetna HMO $198.56 ↑ +273%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $205.56 ↑ +287%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $213.35 ↑ +301%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $213.35 ↑ +301%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $382.58 ↑ +619%
Emblem Health Commercial $384.50 ↑ +623%
Cigna HMO $461.67 ↑ +768%
Cigna PPO $461.67 ↑ +768%

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Immunofluorescence per specimen initial single antibody stain at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $123.50 $69.57 – $461.67
Community Medical Center Toms River $136.46 $44.20 – $461.67
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $58.87 $44.13 – $461.67
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $52.28 $44.20 – $461.67
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $136.73 $44.20 – $461.67
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $143.97 $44.20 – $461.67
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $189.67 $88.12 – $597.81
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $201.80 $59.47 – $672.67

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