Mnt subs tx for change dx 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

$31.99

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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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$151.00

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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.

$12.95 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $232.00 with United Healthcare — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $12.95 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Community Plan $23.90 ↓ -25%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $24.37 ↓ -24%
Aetna Better Health $26.18 ↓ -18%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $50.05 ↑ +56%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $82.94 ↑ +159%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $86.07 ↑ +169%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $86.80 ↑ +171%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $88.41 ↑ +176%
First Health Commercial $90.60 ↑ +183%
Amerihealth Local Value $93.55 ↑ +192%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $93.55 ↑ +192%
Cigna HMO $104.23 ↑ +226%
Cigna PPO $109.79 ↑ +243%
Aetna HMO $110.23 ↑ +245%
Aetna PPO $110.23 ↑ +245%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $115.96 ↑ +262%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $123.66 ↑ +287%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $128.35 ↑ +301%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $128.35 ↑ +301%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $197.00 ↑ +516%
United Healthcare Nexus $197.00 ↑ +516%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $232.00 ↑ +625%
United Healthcare Commercial $232.00 ↑ +625%

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Mnt subs tx for change dx at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $34.61 $15.60 – $792.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $34.61 $27.69 – $443.00
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $34.61 $15.37 – $981.00
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $34.61 $19.50 – $308.00
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $34.61 $34.61 – $465.00
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $34.61 $34.61 – $465.00
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth not published $20.36 – $197.00
Community Medical Center Toms River not published $13.26 – $197.00

All New-jersey hospitals for this procedure →