Surgical pathology level 3 gross & microscopic examination 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

$79.15

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.

$380.00

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.

$23.57 with United Healthcare vs $354.65 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 Oxford Metro $23.57 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Nexus $23.57 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Commercial $27.21 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $27.21 ↓ -66%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $36.80 ↓ -54%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $36.80 ↓ -54%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $36.80 ↓ -54%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $36.80 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Community Plan $36.90 ↓ -53%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $42.17 ↓ -47%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $42.64 ↓ -46%
Amerihealth Local Value $58.00 ↓ -27%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $58.00 ↓ -27%
Aetna HMO $58.63 ↓ -26%
Aetna PPO $58.63 ↓ -26%
Aetna Medicare $59.94 ↓ -24%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $59.94 ↓ -24%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $59.94 ↓ -24%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $59.94 ↓ -24%
Humana Medicare $59.94 ↓ -24%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $59.94 ↓ -24%
United Healthcare Medicare $61.14 ↓ -23%
Aetna Better Health $94.54 ↑ +19%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $119.28 ↑ +51%
Emblem Health Commercial $119.88 ↑ +51%
Cigna Local Plus $128.02 ↑ +62%
Cigna PPO $128.02 ↑ +62%
Cigna HMO $128.02 ↑ +62%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $216.60 ↑ +174%
First Health Commercial $228.00 ↑ +188%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $291.84 ↑ +269%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $311.22 ↑ +293%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $323.00 ↑ +308%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $354.65 ↑ +348%

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Surgical pathology level 3 gross & microscopic examination at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $64.00 $23.57 – $128.02
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $80.52 $23.57 – $128.02
Community Medical Center Toms River $70.72 $23.57 – $128.02
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $85.32 $23.57 – $128.02
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $70.85 $23.57 – $128.02
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $74.61 $23.57 – $128.02
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $59.14 $59.14 – $102.13
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $62.92 $38.65 – $114.92

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