Incision of tongue fold 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

$4,881.00

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$2,387.00

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.

$116.51 with United Healthcare vs $4,584.00 with United Healthcare — 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
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
United Healthcare Community Plan $116.51 ↓ -98%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $127.77 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health $593.88 ↓ -88%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $619.66 ↓ -87%
Amerihealth Local Value $883.90 ↓ -82%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $1,119.74 ↓ -77%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,244.10 ↓ -75%
First Health Commercial $1,432.20 ↓ -71%
Cigna Local Plus $1,519.00 ↓ -69%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $1,549.40 ↓ -68%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $1,649.89 ↓ -66%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $1,661.88 ↓ -66%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $1,661.88 ↓ -66%
Humana Medicare $1,661.88 ↓ -66%
Aetna Medicare $1,661.88 ↓ -66%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $1,661.88 ↓ -66%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $1,661.88 ↓ -66%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $1,665.40 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,695.12 ↓ -65%
Cigna HMO $1,930.00 ↓ -60%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $2,028.95 ↓ -58%
Cigna PPO $2,033.00 ↓ -58%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $2,076.69 ↓ -57%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $2,227.78 ↓ -54%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $2,699.00 ↓ -45%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $3,266.00 ↓ -33%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $3,307.14 ↓ -32%
Emblem Health Commercial $3,323.76 ↓ -32%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $3,670.00 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare Nexus $3,896.00 ↓ -20%
Aetna PPO $4,049.00 ↓ -17%
Aetna HMO $4,049.00 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $4,318.00 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare Commercial $4,584.00 ↓ -6%

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Incision of tongue fold at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $113.18 – $3,237.72
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $70.47 – $3,323.76
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $72.17 – $3,221.53
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $69.62 – $3,307.14
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $76.41 – $3,471.44
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $139.24 – $3,262.74
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $1,639.57 $1,639.57 – $1,967.48
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $1,744.44 $242.48 – $1,831.67

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