X-ray bone survey complete 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

$145.99

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.

$689.00

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.

$45.94 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $585.65 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 NJ Health $45.94 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Community Plan $109.06 ↓ -25%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $111.20 ↓ -24%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $114.68 ↓ -21%
Amerihealth Local Value $114.68 ↓ -21%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $119.31 ↓ -18%
Aetna Medicare $119.31 ↓ -18%
Humana Medicare $119.31 ↓ -18%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $119.31 ↓ -18%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $119.31 ↓ -18%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $119.31 ↓ -18%
Aetna Better Health $119.47 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Medicare $121.70 ↓ -17%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $128.22 ↓ -12%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $128.22 ↓ -12%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $128.22 ↓ -12%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $128.22 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $143.22 ↓ -2%
United Healthcare Nexus $143.22 ↓ -2%
United Healthcare Commercial $177.09 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $177.09 ↑ +21%
Aetna PPO $204.01 ↑ +40%
Aetna HMO $204.01 ↑ +40%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $237.43 ↑ +63%
Emblem Health Commercial $238.62 ↑ +63%
Cigna HMO $383.43 ↑ +163%
Cigna PPO $383.43 ↑ +163%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $392.73 ↑ +169%
First Health Commercial $413.40 ↑ +183%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $529.15 ↑ +262%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $564.29 ↑ +287%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $585.65 ↑ +301%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $585.65 ↑ +301%

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X-ray bone survey complete at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $144.52 $51.88 – $906.02
Community Medical Center Toms River $159.69 $45.94 – $383.43
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $202.48 $45.94 – $383.43
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $246.00 $28.01 – $655.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $143.51 $45.94 – $383.43
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $160.00 $45.94 – $383.43
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $168.47 $45.94 – $383.43
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $117.70 $117.70 – $295.04

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