Intro long gi tube w/mult fluo 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

$174.13

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.

$836.00

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.

$42.00 with United Healthcare vs $780.23 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 $42.00 ↓ -76%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $91.84 ↓ -47%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $142.64 ↓ -18%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $142.64 ↓ -18%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $142.64 ↓ -18%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $142.64 ↓ -18%
Aetna Better Health $207.99 ↑ +19%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $217.02 ↑ +25%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $285.00 ↑ +64%
Aetna PPO $418.00 ↑ +140%
Aetna HMO $418.00 ↑ +140%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $476.52 ↑ +174%
First Health Commercial $501.60 ↑ +188%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $684.68 ↑ +293%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $710.60 ↑ +308%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $780.23 ↑ +348%

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Intro long gi tube w/mult fluo at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $91.97 $40.80 – $145.60
Community Medical Center Toms River $101.62 $91.84 – $91.84
Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus Lakewood $116.47 $91.84 – $285.00
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick $178.31 $69.75 – $91.84
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset Somerville $131.48 $43.20 – $91.84
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston not published $91.84 – $285.00
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville not published $91.84 – $91.84
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City not published $52.80 – $249.24

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