Neisseria meningitidis 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

$14.51

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.

$148.00

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.

$6.20 with United Healthcare vs $138.12 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 Nexus $6.20 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $6.20 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $7.25 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Commercial $7.25 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Community Plan $11.08 ↓ -24%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $12.25 ↓ -16%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $12.66 ↓ -13%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $13.19 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $13.19 ↓ -9%
Aetna Medicare $13.19 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $13.19 ↓ -9%
Humana Medicare $13.19 ↓ -9%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $13.19 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $13.19 ↓ -9%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $13.19 ↓ -9%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $13.19 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $13.19 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Medicare $13.45 ↓ -7%
Aetna PPO $16.22 ↑ +12%
Aetna HMO $16.22 ↑ +12%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $26.25 ↑ +81%
Emblem Health Commercial $26.38 ↑ +82%
Aetna Better Health $36.82 ↑ +154%
Amerihealth Local Value $44.08 ↑ +204%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $44.08 ↑ +204%
Cigna Local Plus $53.41 ↑ +268%
Cigna PPO $53.41 ↑ +268%
Cigna HMO $53.41 ↑ +268%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $84.36 ↑ +481%
First Health Commercial $88.80 ↑ +512%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $113.66 ↑ +683%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $121.21 ↑ +735%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $125.80 ↑ +767%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $138.12 ↑ +852%

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Neisseria meningitidis at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $14.51 $6.20 – $69.39
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $14.51 $6.20 – $53.41
Community Medical Center Toms River $14.51 $6.20 – $53.41
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $14.51 $6.20 – $53.41
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $14.51 $6.20 – $53.41
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $14.51 $6.20 – $53.41
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $13.19 $13.19 – $60.44
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $13.19 $10.55 – $59.23

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