Neck MRA (blood vessel MRI, with and without contrast) 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

$971.51

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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.

$4,664.00

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.

$190.59 with United Healthcare vs $4,352.91 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey — 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
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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 $190.59 ↓ -80%
Cigna Local Plus $326.00 ↓ -66%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $400.67 ↓ -59%
Humana Medicare $400.67 ↓ -59%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $400.67 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare $400.67 ↓ -59%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $400.67 ↓ -59%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $400.67 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Medicare $408.68 ↓ -58%
Cigna HMO $414.00 ↓ -57%
Cigna PPO $436.00 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $493.70 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Nexus $493.70 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Commercial $603.32 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $603.32 ↓ -38%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $719.37 ↓ -26%
Aetna PPO $744.69 ↓ -23%
Aetna HMO $744.69 ↓ -23%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $797.33 ↓ -18%
Emblem Health Commercial $801.34 ↓ -18%
Amerihealth Local Value $1,076.87 ↑ +11%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $1,076.87 ↑ +11%
Aetna Better Health $1,160.40 ↑ +19%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $1,210.77 ↑ +25%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $1,512.02 ↑ +56%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $1,512.02 ↑ +56%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,512.02 ↑ +56%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $1,512.02 ↑ +56%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $2,072.00 ↑ +113%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $2,658.48 ↑ +174%
First Health Commercial $2,798.40 ↑ +188%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $3,317.00 ↑ +241%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $3,964.40 ↑ +308%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $4,352.91 ↑ +348%

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Neck MRA (blood vessel MRI, with and without contrast) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $798.28 $185.14 – $1,452.87
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $988.30 $400.67 – $2,072.00
Community Medical Center Toms River $882.07 $326.00 – $2,072.00
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $940.59 $326.00 – $2,072.00
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $883.77 $239.59 – $2,010.00
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $930.55 $326.00 – $2,072.00
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $395.29 $395.29 – $4,332.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $420.58 $336.46 – $4,365.32

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