Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) 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

$1,017.12

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.

$4,883.00

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.

$104.81 with United Healthcare vs $4,142.91 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 $104.81 ↓ -90%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $310.35 ↓ -69%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $310.35 ↓ -69%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $310.35 ↓ -69%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $310.35 ↓ -69%
Humana Medicare $615.15 ↓ -40%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $615.15 ↓ -40%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $615.15 ↓ -40%
Aetna Medicare $615.15 ↓ -40%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $615.15 ↓ -40%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $615.15 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare Medicare $627.45 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Nexus $719.00 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $719.00 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $846.00 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare Commercial $846.00 ↓ -17%
Aetna Better Health $1,104.42 ↑ +9%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $1,152.36 ↑ +13%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $1,224.15 ↑ +20%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,230.30 ↑ +21%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $1,781.92 ↑ +75%
Aetna HMO $2,219.50 ↑ +118%
Aetna PPO $2,219.50 ↑ +118%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $2,530.23 ↑ +149%
Cigna Local Plus $2,559.52 ↑ +152%
First Health Commercial $2,663.40 ↑ +162%
Amerihealth Local Value $3,068.23 ↑ +202%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $3,068.23 ↑ +202%
Cigna HMO $3,252.45 ↑ +220%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $3,409.15 ↑ +235%
Cigna PPO $3,425.57 ↑ +237%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $3,635.54 ↑ +257%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $3,773.15 ↑ +271%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $4,142.91 ↑ +307%

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Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $772.94 $101.82 – $1,198.46
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $1,034.70 $310.35 – $1,230.30
Community Medical Center Toms River $854.07 $310.35 – $1,192.47
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $918.12 $310.35 – $1,224.15
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $855.72 $131.76 – $1,284.96
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $901.01 $413.80 – $1,207.71
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $606.89 $606.89 – $2,305.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $645.71 $349.12 – $5,399.00

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