Assay of osteocalcin at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
201 Lyons Ave, Newark, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1215027966
$32.84
Cash price 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.
$236.00
Gross charge 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.
$14.03 with United Healthcare vs $220.25 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United Healthcare | Nexus | $14.03 | ↓ -57% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $14.03 | ↓ -57% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $16.42 | ↓ -50% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $16.42 | ↓ -50% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $25.07 | ↓ -24% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $27.73 | ↓ -16% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $28.66 | ↓ -13% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $29.85 | ↓ -9% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $29.85 | ↓ -9% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Medicare Advantage | $29.85 | ↓ -9% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $29.85 | ↓ -9% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $29.85 | ↓ -9% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $29.85 | ↓ -9% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $29.85 | ↓ -9% |
| Humana | Medicare | $29.85 | ↓ -9% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $29.85 | ↓ -9% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Advantage | $29.85 | ↓ -9% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $30.45 | ↓ -7% |
| Aetna | HMO | $36.72 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | PPO | $36.72 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $58.71 | ↑ +79% |
| Wellcare | Ambetter Health Commercial | $59.40 | ↑ +81% |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | $59.70 | ↑ +82% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $121.51 | ↑ +270% |
| Cigna | PPO | $121.51 | ↑ +270% |
| Cigna | HMO | $121.51 | ↑ +270% |
| Wellpoint | NJ Family Care | $134.52 | ↑ +310% |
| First Health | Commercial | $141.60 | ↑ +331% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $164.34 | ↑ +400% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $164.34 | ↑ +400% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS | $181.24 | ↑ +452% |
| Qualcare Inc | PPO/WC | $193.28 | ↑ +489% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $200.60 | ↑ +511% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $220.25 | ↑ +571% |
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Assay of osteocalcin at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $32.84 | $14.03 – $258.68 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $32.84 | $14.03 – $164.34 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $32.84 | $14.03 – $164.34 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $32.84 | $14.03 – $164.09 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $32.84 | $14.03 – $164.34 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $32.84 | $14.03 – $164.34 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $29.85 | $29.85 – $136.78 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $29.85 | $23.88 – $134.04 |