ER Visit (level 1, minor) 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

$219.13

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.

$1,052.00

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.

$5.86 with United Healthcare vs $2,958.00 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 $5.86 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare $98.79 ↓ -55%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $98.79 ↓ -55%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $98.79 ↓ -55%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $98.79 ↓ -55%
Aetna Medicare $98.79 ↓ -55%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $98.79 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Medicare $100.77 ↓ -54%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $140.00 ↓ -36%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $196.59 ↓ -10%
Aetna Better Health $261.73 ↑ +19%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $273.09 ↑ +25%
Cigna Local Plus $315.00 ↑ +44%
Emblem Health Commercial $398.00 ↑ +82%
Cigna HMO $400.00 ↑ +83%
Cigna PPO $421.00 ↑ +92%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $570.00 ↑ +160%
United Healthcare Nexus $605.00 ↑ +176%
Aetna PPO $614.00 ↑ +180%
Aetna HMO $614.00 ↑ +180%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $620.00 ↑ +183%
First Health Commercial $631.20 ↑ +188%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $671.00 ↑ +206%
United Healthcare Commercial $712.00 ↑ +225%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $861.58 ↑ +293%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $981.83 ↑ +348%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,229.00 ↑ +461%
Amerihealth Local Value $1,236.00 ↑ +464%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $1,387.00 ↑ +533%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $1,504.00 ↑ +586%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,526.00 ↑ +596%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $1,568.00 ↑ +616%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $2,930.00 ↑ +1237%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $2,958.00 ↑ +1250%

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ER Visit (level 1, minor) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $197.46 $5.69 – $400.00
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $222.91 $98.79 – $1,387.00
Community Medical Center Toms River $218.18 $96.23 – $1,387.00
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $181.99 $98.79 – $1,387.00
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $218.60 $7.37 – $1,387.00
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $230.17 $97.46 – $1,387.00
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $97.46 $97.46 – $1,522.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $103.69 $19.04 – $1,522.00

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