Ins mark thor for right perq 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

$6,839.00

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.

$4,136.00

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.

$654.72 with United Healthcare vs $5,659.00 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
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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 Community Plan $654.72 ↓ -90%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $667.55 ↓ -90%
Aetna Better Health $717.18 ↓ -90%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,371.08 ↓ -80%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $1,535.08 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare $1,535.08 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare $1,535.08 ↓ -78%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $1,535.08 ↓ -78%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $1,535.08 ↓ -78%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $1,535.08 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,565.78 ↓ -77%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $2,271.90 ↓ -67%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $2,377.78 ↓ -65%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $2,421.62 ↓ -65%
First Health Commercial $2,481.60 ↓ -64%
Amerihealth Local Value $2,562.66 ↓ -63%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $2,562.66 ↓ -63%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $3,054.81 ↓ -55%
Emblem Health Commercial $3,070.16 ↓ -55%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $3,266.00 ↓ -52%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $3,515.60 ↓ -49%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $3,515.60 ↓ -49%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $3,598.32 ↓ -47%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $3,617.00 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $3,670.00 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Nexus $3,896.00 ↓ -43%
Aetna PPO $4,294.00 ↓ -37%
Aetna HMO $4,294.00 ↓ -37%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $4,318.00 ↓ -37%
United Healthcare Commercial $4,584.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna HMO $5,373.00 ↓ -21%
Cigna PPO $5,659.00 ↓ -17%

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Ins mark thor for right perq at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $260.08 – $2,990.68
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $1,495.34 – $2,975.73
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $1,535.08 – $3,054.81
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $267.73 – $3,070.16
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $336.57 – $3,206.59
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $1,514.47 – $3,013.80
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $1,514.47 $1,514.47 – $1,817.37
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