X-ray lumbosacral spine complete including bending views >= 6 views at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
201 Lyons Ave, Newark, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1215027966
$177.47
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$852.00
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$32.91 with United Healthcare vs $795.17 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 | Community Plan | $32.91 | ↓ -81% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $45.92 | ↓ -74% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $85.31 | ↓ -52% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $85.31 | ↓ -52% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $93.00 | ↓ -48% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $93.00 | ↓ -48% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $93.00 | ↓ -48% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $93.00 | ↓ -48% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Medicare Advantage | $119.31 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $119.31 | ↓ -33% |
| Humana | Medicare | $119.31 | ↓ -33% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $119.31 | ↓ -33% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Advantage | $119.31 | ↓ -33% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $119.31 | ↓ -33% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $121.70 | ↓ -31% |
| Aetna | HMO | $130.45 | ↓ -26% |
| Aetna | PPO | $130.45 | ↓ -26% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS | $132.00 | ↓ -26% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $143.22 | ↓ -19% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $143.22 | ↓ -19% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $177.09 | ↓ -0% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $177.09 | ↓ -0% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $211.97 | ↑ +19% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $221.17 | ↑ +25% |
| Wellcare | Ambetter Health Commercial | $237.43 | ↑ +34% |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | $238.62 | ↑ +34% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $244.70 | ↑ +38% |
| Cigna | PPO | $244.70 | ↑ +38% |
| Cigna | HMO | $244.70 | ↑ +38% |
| Wellpoint | NJ Family Care | $485.64 | ↑ +174% |
| First Health | Commercial | $511.20 | ↑ +188% |
| Qualcare Inc | PPO/WC | $697.78 | ↑ +293% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $724.20 | ↑ +308% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $795.17 | ↑ +348% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
X-ray lumbosacral spine complete including bending views >= 6 views at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $159.92 | $31.97 – $244.70 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $180.53 | $45.92 – $244.70 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $176.70 | $45.92 – $244.70 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $169.46 | $45.92 – $244.70 |
| Childrens Specialized Hospital | Mountainside | $234.00 | $28.00 – $655.00 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $177.04 | $41.37 – $249.21 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $186.41 | $45.92 – $244.70 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $117.70 | $89.00 – $295.04 |