Artery x-rays lung at Trinitas Regional Medical Center

225 Williamson St, Elizabeth, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1770583999

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 4, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$846.15

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.

$4,508.00

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.

$69.68 with Wellpoint vs $14,394.35 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
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $69.68 ↓ -92%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $140.40 ↓ -83%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC $233.94 ↓ -72%
Cigna HMO $432.06 ↓ -49%
Cigna PPO $432.06 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Community Plan $677.10 ↓ -20%
Aetna Better Health $741.56 ↓ -12%
Aetna PPO $859.69 ↑ +2%
Aetna HMO $859.69 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,577.19 ↑ +205%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,577.19 ↑ +205%
First Health Commercial $2,704.80 ↑ +220%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $2,874.75 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $2,874.75 ↑ +240%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $3,439.84 ↑ +307%
Aetna Medicare $3,439.84 ↑ +307%
Humana Medicare $3,439.84 ↑ +307%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $3,439.84 ↑ +307%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $3,439.84 ↑ +307%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $3,439.84 ↑ +307%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,508.64 ↑ +315%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $3,991.82 ↑ +372%
United Healthcare Nexus $3,991.82 ↑ +372%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $6,845.28 ↑ +709%
Emblem Health Commercial $6,879.68 ↑ +713%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $8,629.87 ↑ +920%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $13,595.28 ↑ +1507%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $14,230.27 ↑ +1582%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $14,394.35 ↑ +1601%

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Artery x-rays lung at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $997.62 $88.56 – $7,062.48
Community Medical Center Toms River $934.95 $88.56 – $6,845.28
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $1,046.41 $88.56 – $7,027.17
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $980.67 $71.73 – $7,062.48
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $936.76 $88.56 – $7,376.29
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $986.35 $88.56 – $6,932.84
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $3,483.84 $272.29 – $7,747.94
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $3,706.68 $80.28 – $8,849.68

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