Low cost skin substitute app 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

$904.81

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.

$4,270.00

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.

$72.84 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $10,188.00 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
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $72.84 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Community Plan $675.94 ↓ -25%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $689.17 ↓ -24%
Aetna Better Health $740.41 ↓ -18%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,415.50 ↑ +56%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $2,052.25 ↑ +127%
Humana Medicare $2,052.25 ↑ +127%
Aetna Medicare $2,052.25 ↑ +127%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $2,052.25 ↑ +127%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $2,052.25 ↑ +127%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $2,052.25 ↑ +127%
United Healthcare Medicare $2,093.30 ↑ +131%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $2,345.51 ↑ +159%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $2,433.90 ↑ +169%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $2,454.82 ↑ +171%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $2,500.08 ↑ +176%
First Health Commercial $2,562.00 ↑ +183%
Amerihealth Local Value $2,645.69 ↑ +192%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $3,279.36 ↑ +262%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $3,497.13 ↑ +287%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $3,597.90 ↑ +298%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $3,629.50 ↑ +301%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $3,629.50 ↑ +301%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $3,670.00 ↑ +306%
United Healthcare Nexus $3,896.00 ↑ +331%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $4,083.98 ↑ +351%
Emblem Health Commercial $4,104.50 ↑ +354%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $4,318.00 ↑ +377%
United Healthcare Commercial $4,584.00 ↑ +407%
Aetna HMO $5,521.00 ↑ +510%
Aetna PPO $5,521.00 ↑ +510%
Cigna HMO $9,673.00 ↑ +969%
Cigna PPO $10,188.00 ↑ +1026%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Medical Center Toms River $885.59 $74.60 – $3,978.27
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $1,084.80 $71.96 – $4,083.98
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $889.44 $132.08 – $4,104.50
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $887.30 $78.98 – $4,286.88
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $934.27 $143.93 – $4,029.15
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Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $2,024.70 $2,024.70 – $2,429.64
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