Nerve conduction studies 5-6 at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center
94 Old Short Hills Rd, Livingston, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1396857488
$273.77
Cash price 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.
$1,292.00
Gross charge 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.
$131.29 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $1,098.20 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $131.29 | ↓ -52% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $204.52 | ↓ -25% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $208.52 | ↓ -24% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $224.03 | ↓ -18% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Advantage | $349.37 | ↑ +28% |
| Humana | Medicare | $349.37 | ↑ +28% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $349.37 | ↑ +28% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Medicare Advantage | $349.37 | ↑ +28% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $349.37 | ↑ +28% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $349.37 | ↑ +28% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $356.36 | ↑ +30% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $428.29 | ↑ +56% |
| Wellcare | Ambetter Health Commercial | $695.25 | ↑ +154% |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | $698.74 | ↑ +155% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $709.69 | ↑ +159% |
| Wellpoint | NJ Family Care | $736.44 | ↑ +169% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $742.77 | ↑ +171% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $756.46 | ↑ +176% |
| First Health | Commercial | $775.20 | ↑ +183% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $800.52 | ↑ +192% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $800.52 | ↑ +192% |
| Cigna | HMO | $891.86 | ↑ +226% |
| Cigna | PPO | $939.41 | ↑ +243% |
| Aetna | HMO | $943.16 | ↑ +245% |
| Aetna | PPO | $943.16 | ↑ +245% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS | $992.25 | ↑ +262% |
| Qualcare Inc | PPO/WC | $1,058.14 | ↑ +287% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $1,098.20 | ↑ +301% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $1,098.20 | ↑ +301% |
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Nerve conduction studies 5-6 at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $249.36 | $89.26 – $729.77 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $344.68 | $344.68 – $978.00 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $366.72 | $235.35 – $4,692.00 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $340.32 | $104.00 – $872.00 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $344.98 | $104.00 – $4,008.00 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $344.68 | $225.39 – $1,032.00 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $366.72 | $155.81 – $1,301.00 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $344.98 | $197.73 – $1,225.00 |