Echo transthoracic 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

$575.94

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.

$2,765.00

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.

$117.45 with United Healthcare vs $2,346.31 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.

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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 $117.45 ↓ -80%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $251.19 ↓ -56%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $251.19 ↓ -56%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $251.19 ↓ -56%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $251.19 ↓ -56%
Aetna Medicare $615.15 ↑ +7%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $615.15 ↑ +7%
Humana Medicare $615.15 ↑ +7%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $615.15 ↑ +7%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $615.15 ↑ +7%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $615.15 ↑ +7%
Aetna Better Health $625.48 ↑ +9%
United Healthcare Medicare $627.45 ↑ +9%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $652.63 ↑ +13%
United Healthcare Nexus $719.00 ↑ +25%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $719.00 ↑ +25%
United Healthcare Commercial $846.00 ↑ +47%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $846.00 ↑ +47%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $848.82 ↑ +47%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $1,224.15 ↑ +113%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,230.30 ↑ +114%
Aetna HMO $1,257.00 ↑ +118%
Aetna PPO $1,257.00 ↑ +118%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $1,432.98 ↑ +149%
Cigna Local Plus $1,449.57 ↑ +152%
First Health Commercial $1,508.40 ↑ +162%
Amerihealth Local Value $1,737.67 ↑ +202%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $1,737.67 ↑ +202%
Cigna HMO $1,842.00 ↑ +220%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $1,930.75 ↑ +235%
Cigna PPO $1,940.05 ↑ +237%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $2,058.96 ↑ +257%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $2,136.90 ↑ +271%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $2,346.31 ↑ +307%

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Echo transthoracic at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $347.99 $114.10 – $1,198.46
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $585.90 $251.19 – $1,230.30
Community Medical Center Toms River $384.51 $251.19 – $1,192.47
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $1,047.80 $251.19 – $1,224.15
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $385.26 $147.66 – $1,284.96
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $405.65 $334.92 – $1,207.71
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $606.89 $606.89 – $2,305.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $645.71 $392.01 – $5,399.00

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