Car outp meas drg cath chd 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

$347.23

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$1,667.00

Gross charge

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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.

$117.65 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $16,800.00 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $117.65 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Community Plan $378.57 ↑ +9%
Aetna Better Health $414.74 ↑ +19%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $432.75 ↑ +25%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $868.84 ↑ +150%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $946.00 ↑ +172%
United Healthcare Nexus $946.00 ↑ +172%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $950.19 ↑ +174%
First Health Commercial $1,000.20 ↑ +188%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $1,082.04 ↑ +212%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,113.00 ↑ +221%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $1,113.00 ↑ +221%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $1,152.23 ↑ +232%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $1,163.06 ↑ +235%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $1,280.25 ↑ +269%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $1,365.27 ↑ +293%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,416.95 ↑ +308%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,555.81 ↑ +348%
Aetna PPO $4,049.00 ↑ +1066%
Aetna HMO $4,049.00 ↑ +1066%
Cigna Local Plus $12,553.00 ↑ +3515%
Cigna HMO $15,951.00 ↑ +4494%
Cigna PPO $16,800.00 ↑ +4738%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred not published by hospital
Amerihealth Local Value not published by hospital

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Car outp meas drg cath chd at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $353.23 $64.88 – $946.00
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $331.56 $64.10 – $946.00
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton Hamilton Township $273.22 $61.75 – $946.00
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth not published $102.01 – $946.00
Community Medical Center Toms River not published $66.44 – $946.00
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City not published $70.35 – $946.00
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch not published $128.20 – $946.00
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel not published not published

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