Bx prst8 ndl sat sampling at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

201 Lyons Ave, Newark, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1215027966

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

$4,881.00

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.

$4,962.00

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.

$196.36 with United Healthcare vs $7,738.94 with Emblem Health — 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
United Healthcare Community Plan $196.36 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health $1,234.54 ↓ -75%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $1,288.13 ↓ -74%
Amerihealth Local Value $1,837.42 ↓ -62%
Cigna Local Plus $2,323.00 ↓ -52%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $2,327.67 ↓ -52%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $2,586.19 ↓ -47%
Cigna HMO $2,952.00 ↓ -40%
First Health Commercial $2,977.20 ↓ -39%
Cigna PPO $3,109.00 ↓ -36%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $3,220.83 ↓ -34%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $3,266.00 ↓ -33%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $3,429.73 ↓ -30%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $3,461.98 ↓ -29%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $3,617.00 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $3,670.00 ↓ -25%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $3,869.47 ↓ -21%
Humana Medicare $3,869.47 ↓ -21%
Aetna Medicare $3,869.47 ↓ -21%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $3,869.47 ↓ -21%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $3,869.47 ↓ -21%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $3,869.47 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare Nexus $3,896.00 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,946.86 ↓ -19%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $4,217.70 ↓ -14%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $4,316.94 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $4,318.00 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare Commercial $4,584.00 ↓ -6%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $4,631.03 ↓ -5%
Aetna PPO $4,908.00 ↑ +1%
Aetna HMO $4,908.00 ↑ +1%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $7,700.25 ↑ +58%
Emblem Health Commercial $7,738.94 ↑ +59%

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Bx prst8 ndl sat sampling at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $190.75 – $7,538.62
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $3,869.47 – $7,738.94
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $3,769.31 – $7,500.93
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $3,869.47 – $7,700.25
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $246.85 – $8,082.80
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $3,817.53 – $7,596.88
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $3,817.53 $3,817.53 – $4,581.03
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $4,061.71 $800.44 – $4,264.80

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