Tympanometry & reflex thresh at Childrens Specialized Hospital

150 New Providence Rd, Mountainside, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1396886297

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 4, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$141.50

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.

$283.00

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.

$25.68 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $464.00 with United Healthcare — 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 $25.68 ↓ -82%
First Health Commercial $169.80 ↑ +20%
Cigna HMO $170.45 ↑ +20%
Cigna PPO $170.45 ↑ +20%
Emblem Health Commercial $192.44 ↑ +36%
Amerihealth Local Value $214.40 ↑ +52%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $214.40 ↑ +52%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $216.38 ↑ +53%
Aetna Better Health $216.38 ↑ +53%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $216.38 ↑ +53%
Aetna HMO $217.91 ↑ +54%
Aetna PPO $217.91 ↑ +54%
Qualcare Inc HMO $220.74 ↑ +56%
Qualcare Inc PPO $220.74 ↑ +56%
United Healthcare Community Plan $222.86 ↑ +57%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $277.34 ↑ +96%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $277.34 ↑ +96%
United Healthcare Nexus $394.00 ↑ +178%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $394.00 ↑ +178%
United Healthcare Commercial $464.00 ↑ +228%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $464.00 ↑ +228%

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Tympanometry & reflex thresh at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $73.52 $19.55 – $351.08
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $72.28 $11.37 – $351.08
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $75.92 $38.64 – $344.63
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $173.18 $173.18 – $465.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $184.26 $37.46 – $487.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $170.99 $36.09 – $499.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $173.33 $23.56 – $627.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $173.18 $36.09 – $443.00

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