What Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center does

Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center is a non-profit acute-care hospital located at 94 Old Short Hills Road in Livingston, New Jersey, founded in 1865 (formerly Saint Barnabas Medical Center, rebranded in 2025). Operating as a core facility within the RWJBarnabas Health system, it functions as part of New Jersey's largest academic health care system through a strategic partnership with Rutgers University, providing integrated clinical care, research, and medical education. Its service portfolio spans cancer care, cardiac care, renal and pancreas transplantation, neuroscience, pediatrics, women's health, orthopedics, and behavioral health, delivered across a main hospital campus and a growing network of outpatient and specialty locations in Livingston, West Orange, Jersey City, Edison, Freehold, and River Edge.

The medical center's most significant recent investment is the Melchiorre Cancer Center, a five-story, 137,000 square-foot outpatient oncology facility that opened in June 2026 as the northern hub in a statewide RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey oncology network. The $225 million facility consolidates medical, surgical, and radiation oncologists under one roof and operates one of New Jersey's few MRI-guided linear accelerators for precision radiation oncology. Additional specialty centers include renal and pancreas transplant programs, a pediatric specialty center, cardiac rehabilitation, adult speech therapy, and outpatient rehabilitation services. Technology infrastructure includes advanced imaging systems, AI-supported echocardiographic risk-prediction research, and NLP-based clinical data extraction tools, with a Vizient partnership supporting performance benchmarking.

The business model is anchored in professional services revenue from patient care, billed via standard hospital charge masters adjusted for insurance coverage, with financial assistance available for uninsured or underinsured patients. The center's go-to-market relies on physician referrals, the RWJBarnabas Health Medical Group network, community health programs, the MyChart patient portal, and its academic medical center brand. The customer base is highly diversified across the general patient population of Northern and Central New Jersey, with no material concentration in any single payer, employer, or segment. Strategic capital is allocated by parent RWJBarnabas Health rather than raised via external funding rounds, supporting a stable, expansion-led operating posture.

Name

Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center

Legal name

Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center

Website

https://rwjbh.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1865

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center is a non-profit acute-care hospital in Livingston, New Jersey, operating within the RWJBarnabas Health system in partnership with Rutgers University. It serves Northern New Jersey patients across cancer, cardiac, transplant, neuroscience, pediatric, and women's health specialties.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Acute Care Hospital Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (6221), Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals (62231)

SIC

Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062)

akta.pro primary industry

Academic Medical Centers (AMCs) & Teaching Hospitals (HLAFAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Hospital-Integrated Cancer Centers (Acute Oncology Programs) (HLAFAAAM), Academic Medical Centers & Teaching Hospitals (University-Affiliated) (EDAHAGAA), Cardiac & Cardiothoracic Specialty Hospitals (HLAFAHAA)

Keywords

• Acute care hospital
• Cancer treatment services
• Transplant services
• Cardiac rehabilitation
• Outpatient specialty care

Headquarters

HQ city

Livingston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Services Revenue: Revenue generated from patient care services including hospital stays, outpatient procedures, diagnostic services, cancer treatments, and specialized medical services

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center is an acute-care hospital that provides cancer care, neurology, and neurosurgery services, along with cardiac, transplant, pediatric, rehabilitation, and women's health services. It operates as part of the RWJBarnabas Health system and partners with Rutgers University to deliver integrated academic medicine, including the new Melchiorre Cancer Center which consolidates medical, surgical, and radiation oncology under one roof.

Product overview

Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center is a comprehensive hospital and outpatient care network operated by RWJBarnabas Health in Livingston, New Jersey. The facility offers a broad portfolio of services organized around several key centers: the Melchiorre Cancer Center (a 137,000 sq ft, $225 million outpatient oncology facility with advanced MRI-guided linear accelerator technology), renal and pancreas transplant programs with multiple satellite locations, pediatric specialty services, cardiac rehabilitation, adult speech therapy, and general surgical services. The medical center functions as an integrated part of the RWJBarnabas Health system, which partners with Rutgers University for academic medicine and research capabilities. Services are delivered through the main hospital campus as well as affiliated outpatient centers, rehabilitation facilities, and pharmacy locations throughout the region.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Melchiorre Cancer Center A five-story, 137,000 square-foot outpatient cancer center that consolidates medical, surgical, and radiation oncology services under one roof, providing integrated cancer care as part of the RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers Cancer Institute statewide network.
• Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center (Main Hospital) The main acute-care hospital facility in Livingston, New Jersey, offering comprehensive medical services including cancer care, cardiac services, transplant programs, pediatric specialty care, neuroscience, and women's health.
• Renal and Pancreas Transplant Department
• Renal and Pancreas Transplant Program (Satellite Locations)
• Pediatric Specialty Center - West Orange
• Cardiac Rehabilitation Program
• Adult Speech Department
• Rehabilitation at the JCC MetroWest
• Barnabas Health Retail Pharmacy
• Gregori Surgery Center

Quantifiable outcome

• Northern hub in statewide cancer network serving Central/Northern New Jersey

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Rutgers UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership creating New Jersey's largest academic health care system. Aligns RWJBarnabas Health with Rutgers' education, research and clinical activities including those at Rutgers Cancer Institute and Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care.
• Rutgers Cancer Institute of New JerseycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration for statewide cancer care network including Jack and Sheryl Morris Cancer Center in New Brunswick (central hub), Melchiorre Cancer Center in Livingston (northern hub), and southern hub in Tinton Falls. Includes $1.5 billion total investment for oncology expansion.
• VizientcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerQuality improvement partnership using Vizient Clinical Database for performance measurement, resource utilization analysis, and benchmarking. Includes monthly training meetings and access to Vizient analytics tools.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Hackensack University Medical Center: Flagship academic medical center of Hackensack Meridian Health, located in nearby Hackensack, NJ. Directly competes for tertiary referrals, oncology cases, and academic partnerships across Northern New Jersey, including cancer, cardiac, and neuroscience service lines.
• Morristown Medical Center (Atlantic Health System): Major acute-care academic medical center in Morristown, NJ, operated by Atlantic Health System. Competes head-to-head with Cooperman Barnabas for tertiary and quaternary cases in Northern New Jersey and is a comparable community-integrated AMC.
• Overlook Medical Center (Atlantic Health System): Atlantic Health System's secondary NJ tertiary hospital, also serving Northern New Jersey with comparable neuroscience, cardiac, and oncology programs. Direct overlap in service mix, geography, and patient demographics.
• Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital: Sibling RWJBarnabas Health academic medical center in New Brunswick, NJ. Comparable teaching hospital within the same parent system, sharing the Rutgers academic affiliation and oncology network (central hub at Jack and Sheryl Morris Cancer Center).
• Newark Beth Israel Medical Center: Another RWJBarnabas Health academic medical center located in Newark. Operates as a system peer for tertiary services, transplant, and cardiac care within the same integrated network and Rutgers alignment.
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center with NYC locations. Direct competitor for high-acuity cancer cases that might otherwise be treated at the Melchiorre Cancer Center, particularly for rare and complex oncology.

Broad incumbents

• Mount Sinai Hospital: Icahn School of Medicine-affiliated academic medical center in Manhattan. A leading NYC AMC that competes with Cooperman Barnabas for high-acuity oncology, neurosurgery, and cardiac referrals from patients willing to travel into NYC.
• NYU Langone Health: Large multi-site academic health system anchored by Tisch Hospital in Manhattan. Directly comparable as a high-volume multi-specialty AMC and a leading recruiter of academic physicians, overlapping in oncology, cardiology, and neuroscience.
• Montefiore Medical Center: Albert Einstein College of Medicine-affiliated AMC in the Bronx, NY. Comparable as a large academic medical center with strong oncology and cardiac programs, drawing patients from the broader NY/NJ metro region.
• Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (Penn Medicine): Ivy League-affiliated academic medical center in Philadelphia with extensive oncology, neurosurgery, and transplant programs. Geographic peer drawing patients from southern and central New Jersey into PA-based care.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CBMCNJ
• Facebookfacebook.com/CoopermanBarnabasMedicalCenter
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cooperman-barnabas-medical-center

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors2 records

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M&A

Investments

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