Pelvic CT scan (with and without contrast) 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

$600.94

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.

$2,836.00

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.

$199.72 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $2,410.60 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
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $199.72 ↓ -67%
Humana Medicare $199.72 ↓ -67%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $199.72 ↓ -67%
Aetna Medicare $199.72 ↓ -67%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $199.72 ↓ -67%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $199.72 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Medicare $203.71 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Nexus $241.66 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $241.66 ↓ -60%
Cigna HMO $281.00 ↓ -53%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $287.00 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $287.91 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Commercial $287.91 ↓ -52%
Cigna PPO $296.00 ↓ -51%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $397.44 ↓ -34%
Emblem Health Commercial $399.44 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare Community Plan $448.93 ↓ -25%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $457.73 ↓ -24%
Aetna Better Health $491.76 ↓ -18%
Aetna HMO $512.69 ↓ -15%
Aetna PPO $512.69 ↓ -15%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $523.05 ↓ -13%
Amerihealth Local Value $523.05 ↓ -13%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $560.93 ↓ -7%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $560.93 ↓ -7%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $560.93 ↓ -7%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $560.93 ↓ -7%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $726.00 ↑ +21%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $1,616.52 ↑ +169%
First Health Commercial $1,701.60 ↑ +183%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $1,797.00 ↑ +199%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $2,410.60 ↑ +301%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $2,410.60 ↑ +301%

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Pelvic CT scan (with and without contrast) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $532.31 $122.42 – $705.68
Community Medical Center Toms River $588.18 $194.55 – $726.00
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $564.08 $199.72 – $726.00
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $1,208.50 $175.00 – $175.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $590.73 $126.02 – $726.00
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $589.32 $158.43 – $704.00
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $620.51 $197.04 – $726.00
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $197.04 $197.04 – $1,762.00

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