Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step giardia 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

$13.18

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.

$80.00

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.

$5.63 with United Healthcare vs $68.00 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
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $5.63 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Nexus $5.63 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Commercial $6.59 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $6.59 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Community Plan $10.06 ↓ -24%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $10.25 ↓ -22%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $11.98 ↓ -9%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $11.98 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $11.98 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $11.98 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $11.98 ↓ -9%
Aetna Medicare $11.98 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $11.98 ↓ -9%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $11.98 ↓ -9%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $11.98 ↓ -9%
Humana Medicare $11.98 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Medicare $12.22 ↓ -7%
Aetna Better Health $13.87 ↑ +5%
Aetna HMO $14.74 ↑ +12%
Aetna PPO $14.74 ↑ +12%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $19.68 ↑ +49%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $23.84 ↑ +81%
Emblem Health Commercial $23.96 ↑ +82%
Amerihealth Local Value $29.39 ↑ +123%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $29.39 ↑ +123%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $45.60 ↑ +246%
First Health Commercial $48.00 ↑ +264%
Cigna HMO $49.40 ↑ +275%
Cigna PPO $49.40 ↑ +275%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $61.44 ↑ +366%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $65.52 ↑ +397%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $68.00 ↑ +416%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $68.00 ↑ +416%

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Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step giardia at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Carrier Clinic Belle Mead $47.60 $17.26 – $17.26
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $13.18 $5.63 – $49.40
Community Medical Center Toms River $13.18 $5.63 – $49.40
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $13.18 $5.63 – $49.40
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Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $13.18 $5.63 – $49.40
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $13.18 $5.63 – $49.40
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $13.18 $5.63 – $49.40

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