X-ray upper gastrointestinal tract scout abdominal radiographs delayed images double contrast 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

$238.71

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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.

$1,146.00

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.

$74.35 with United Healthcare vs $1,069.56 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $74.35 ↓ -69%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $84.41 ↓ -65%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $135.66 ↓ -43%
Amerihealth Local Value $135.66 ↓ -43%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $154.82 ↓ -35%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $154.82 ↓ -35%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $154.82 ↓ -35%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $154.82 ↓ -35%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $179.00 ↓ -25%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $199.72 ↓ -16%
Aetna Medicare $199.72 ↓ -16%
Humana Medicare $199.72 ↓ -16%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $199.72 ↓ -16%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $199.72 ↓ -16%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $199.72 ↓ -16%
United Healthcare Medicare $203.71 ↓ -15%
United Healthcare Nexus $241.66 ↑ +1%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $241.66 ↑ +1%
Aetna HMO $263.81 ↑ +11%
Aetna PPO $263.81 ↑ +11%
Aetna Better Health $285.12 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $287.91 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare Commercial $287.91 ↑ +21%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $297.50 ↑ +25%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $397.44 ↑ +66%
Emblem Health Commercial $399.44 ↑ +67%
Cigna Local Plus $505.24 ↑ +112%
Cigna PPO $505.24 ↑ +112%
Cigna HMO $505.24 ↑ +112%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $653.22 ↑ +174%
First Health Commercial $687.60 ↑ +188%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $938.57 ↑ +293%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $974.10 ↑ +308%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,069.56 ↑ +348%

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X-ray upper gastrointestinal tract scout abdominal radiographs delayed images double contrast at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $215.10 $72.23 – $505.24
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $242.83 $84.41 – $505.24
Community Medical Center Toms River $237.68 $84.41 – $505.24
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $275.47 $84.41 – $505.24
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $238.13 $84.41 – $505.24
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $250.74 $84.41 – $505.24
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $197.04 $123.64 – $483.42
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $209.65 $76.52 – $552.17

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