Sodium serum/plasma/whole blood at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
201 Lyons Ave, Newark, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1215027966
$5.29
Cash price 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.
$50.00
Gross charge 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.
$2.26 with United Healthcare vs $46.66 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $2.26 | ↓ -57% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $2.26 | ↓ -57% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $2.65 | ↓ -50% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $2.65 | ↓ -50% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $3.29 | ↓ -38% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $3.29 | ↓ -38% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $4.04 | ↓ -24% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $4.62 | ↓ -13% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Medicare Advantage | $4.81 | ↓ -9% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $4.81 | ↓ -9% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $4.81 | ↓ -9% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $4.81 | ↓ -9% |
| Humana | Medicare | $4.81 | ↓ -9% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $4.81 | ↓ -9% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $4.81 | ↓ -9% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Advantage | $4.81 | ↓ -9% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $4.81 | ↓ -9% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $4.81 | ↓ -9% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $4.91 | ↓ -7% |
| Aetna | PPO | $5.92 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | HMO | $5.92 | ↑ +12% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $6.40 | ↑ +21% |
| Wellcare | Ambetter Health Commercial | $9.57 | ↑ +81% |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | $9.62 | ↑ +82% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $12.44 | ↑ +135% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $20.04 | ↑ +279% |
| Cigna | PPO | $20.04 | ↑ +279% |
| Cigna | HMO | $20.04 | ↑ +279% |
| Wellpoint | NJ Family Care | $28.50 | ↑ +439% |
| First Health | Commercial | $30.00 | ↑ +467% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS | $38.40 | ↑ +626% |
| Qualcare Inc | PPO/WC | $40.95 | ↑ +674% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $42.50 | ↑ +703% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $46.66 | ↑ +782% |
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Sodium serum/plasma/whole blood at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $5.29 | $2.26 – $20.04 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $5.29 | $2.26 – $20.04 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $5.29 | $2.26 – $20.04 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $5.29 | $2.26 – $20.04 |
| Childrens Specialized Hospital | Mountainside | $26.50 | $3.85 – $3.97 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $5.29 | $2.26 – $20.04 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $5.29 | $2.26 – $20.04 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $4.81 | $4.81 – $22.04 |