Pelvic CT scan (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

$428.03

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.

$2,020.00

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.

$119.31 with Wellpoint vs $1,797.00 with Qualcare Inc — 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
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $119.31 ↓ -72%
Humana Medicare $119.31 ↓ -72%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $119.31 ↓ -72%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $119.31 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare $119.31 ↓ -72%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $119.31 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Medicare $121.70 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $143.22 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Nexus $143.22 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $177.09 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Commercial $177.09 ↓ -59%
Aetna PPO $234.91 ↓ -45%
Aetna HMO $234.91 ↓ -45%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $235.57 ↓ -45%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $237.43 ↓ -45%
Emblem Health Commercial $238.62 ↓ -44%
Cigna HMO $281.00 ↓ -34%
Cigna PPO $296.00 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare Community Plan $319.76 ↓ -25%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $326.02 ↓ -24%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $338.27 ↓ -21%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $338.27 ↓ -21%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $338.27 ↓ -21%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $338.27 ↓ -21%
Aetna Better Health $350.26 ↓ -18%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $380.40 ↓ -11%
Amerihealth Local Value $380.40 ↓ -11%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $726.00 ↑ +70%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $1,151.40 ↑ +169%
First Health Commercial $1,212.00 ↑ +183%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,717.00 ↑ +301%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,717.00 ↑ +301%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $1,797.00 ↑ +320%

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

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $379.15 $70.61 – $513.22
Community Medical Center Toms River $418.94 $116.22 – $726.00
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $401.77 $119.31 – $726.00
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $820.50 $143.64 – $143.64
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $420.76 $72.69 – $726.00
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $419.75 $91.38 – $704.00
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $441.97 $117.70 – $726.00
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $117.70 $117.70 – $1,762.00

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