Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj crv-thr w/img ini 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

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.

$6,849.00

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.

$955.76 with United Healthcare vs $9,647.00 with Cigna — 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 $955.76 ↓ -80%
Aetna Better Health $1,704.03 ↓ -65%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $1,778.00 ↓ -64%
Amerihealth Local Value $2,536.18 ↓ -48%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $3,119.74 ↓ -36%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $3,212.86 ↓ -34%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $3,266.00 ↓ -33%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $3,569.69 ↓ -27%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $3,640.19 ↓ -25%
Humana Medicare $3,640.19 ↓ -25%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $3,640.19 ↓ -25%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $3,640.19 ↓ -25%
Aetna Medicare $3,640.19 ↓ -25%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $3,640.19 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,712.99 ↓ -24%
First Health Commercial $4,109.40 ↓ -16%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $4,445.68 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $4,734.02 ↓ -3%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $4,778.54 ↓ -2%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $5,145.00 ↑ +5%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $5,260.03 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Nexus $5,463.00 ↑ +12%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $5,609.33 ↑ +15%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $5,821.65 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $6,053.00 ↑ +24%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $6,392.17 ↑ +31%
United Healthcare Commercial $6,427.00 ↑ +32%
Aetna PPO $6,625.00 ↑ +36%
Aetna HMO $6,625.00 ↑ +36%
Cigna Local Plus $7,208.00 ↑ +48%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $7,243.98 ↑ +48%
Emblem Health Commercial $7,280.38 ↑ +49%
Cigna HMO $9,159.00 ↑ +88%
Cigna PPO $9,647.00 ↑ +98%

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Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj crv-thr w/img ini at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $928.46 – $7,091.94
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $1,720.52 – $7,280.38
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $1,761.98 – $7,056.48
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $1,699.79 – $7,243.98
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $1,201.53 – $7,603.89
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $3,399.59 – $7,146.75
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $3,591.33 $3,591.33 – $4,309.59
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $3,821.05 $904.20 – $4,012.10

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