Transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) with and without contrast Cost in Newark, NJ

Prices at 3 hospitals in Newark, NJ, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $719 — 57% below the US median ($1,666), roughly 3.0× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

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Hospital	Location	Cash	Insurer	CMS rating	ER wait	Readmit
Saint Michael's Medical Center	Newark, NJ	$633	$887	★ 4/5	176 min	16.0%
The University Hospital	Newark, NJ	$719	$1,253	★ 1/5	294 min	15.6%
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center	Newark, NJ	$1,098	$1,704	★ 2/5	169 min	14.9%

CMS rating = overall hospital star rating (1–5); ER wait = median minutes in the emergency department; Readmit = 30-day readmission rate (lower is better) — all from Medicare’s Care Compare; “—” = not reported. Data last updated August 2026. Prices from hospitals’ machine-readable files (45 CFR §180); Medicare benchmark from CMS PFS/CLFS/IPPS. Prices below 15% of the median are excluded as likely partial or mis-coded charges. Estimates — confirm with the hospital. Report an incorrect price.

Price comparison (median)

Chargemaster (list price)

$2,769

Cash / self-pay

$719

Insurer-negotiated

$1,253

Medicare pays

$239

$650$1,022

Median cash $719 · Medicare $239 · bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)

Is this a fair price?

1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $719 — about 3.0× the Medicare rate ($239). On the higher side. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($479).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $2,769 list price could save about $2,050 (74%).

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Doctors who perform this in Newark

Clinicians who reported the most Medicare volume for this service locally. This reflects Original Medicare activity only and is a volume signal, not a quality ranking.

Clinician	Specialty	Location	Medicare services
Chunguang Chen, MD	Cardiology	Newark, NJ	153
Lin Wang, M.D.	Cardiology	Newark, NJ	88
Muhamed Saric, M.D.	Cardiology	Newark, NJ	77
Sankalp Pathak, MD	Interventional Cardiology	Newark, NJ	40
Divya Goldstein, MD	Cardiology	Newark, NJ	32
Reenal Patel, M.D.	Internal Medicine	Newark, NJ	29
Yekaterina Kim, M.D	Cardiology	Newark, NJ	21
Ahmad Damati, MD	Cardiology	Newark, NJ	13

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