ER Visit (level 3) 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

$483.46

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.

$2,321.00

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.

$37.79 with United Healthcare vs $3,034.00 with Amerihealth — 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 $37.79 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare $310.65 ↓ -36%
Aetna Medicare $310.65 ↓ -36%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $310.65 ↓ -36%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $310.65 ↓ -36%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $310.65 ↓ -36%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $310.65 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Medicare $316.86 ↓ -34%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $570.00 ↑ +18%
Aetna Better Health $577.46 ↑ +19%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $602.53 ↑ +25%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $618.19 ↑ +28%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $620.00 ↑ +28%
Emblem Health Commercial $875.00 ↑ +81%
Cigna Local Plus $1,047.00 ↑ +117%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,229.00 ↑ +154%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $1,267.00 ↑ +162%
Cigna HMO $1,330.00 ↑ +175%
United Healthcare Nexus $1,346.00 ↑ +178%
Aetna HMO $1,349.00 ↑ +179%
Aetna PPO $1,349.00 ↑ +179%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $1,387.00 ↑ +187%
First Health Commercial $1,392.60 ↑ +188%
Cigna PPO $1,401.00 ↑ +190%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $1,491.00 ↑ +208%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,526.00 ↑ +216%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $1,568.00 ↑ +224%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,583.00 ↑ +227%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $1,900.89 ↑ +293%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $2,166.18 ↑ +348%
Amerihealth Local Value $2,488.00 ↑ +415%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $2,930.00 ↑ +506%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $2,958.00 ↑ +512%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $3,034.00 ↑ +528%

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ER Visit (level 3) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $424.38 $36.71 – $1,330.00
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $491.81 $310.65 – $1,446.00
Community Medical Center Toms River $468.93 $302.61 – $1,600.00
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $482.92 $310.65 – $1,387.00
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $469.83 $47.51 – $1,387.00
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $494.70 $306.48 – $1,387.00
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $306.48 $306.48 – $1,787.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $326.08 $118.01 – $1,944.00

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