Bacterial meningitis antigen 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

$12.69

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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.

$167.00

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.

$5.42 with United Healthcare vs $106.49 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

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 $5.42 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Nexus $5.42 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Commercial $6.35 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $6.35 ↓ -50%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $9.41 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Community Plan $9.69 ↓ -24%
Humana Medicare $11.54 ↓ -9%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $11.54 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $11.54 ↓ -9%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $11.54 ↓ -9%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $11.54 ↓ -9%
Aetna Medicare $11.54 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Medicare $11.77 ↓ -7%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC $13.73 ↑ +8%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $20.80 ↑ +64%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $22.96 ↑ +81%
Emblem Health Commercial $23.08 ↑ +82%
Aetna Better Health $27.47 ↑ +116%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $28.95 ↑ +128%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $44.13 ↑ +248%
Amerihealth Local Value $44.13 ↑ +248%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $45.61 ↑ +259%
Cigna HMO $46.73 ↑ +268%
Cigna PPO $46.73 ↑ +268%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $47.74 ↑ +276%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $48.29 ↑ +281%
Aetna PPO $70.39 ↑ +455%
Aetna HMO $70.39 ↑ +455%
First Health Commercial $100.20 ↑ +690%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $106.49 ↑ +739%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $106.49 ↑ +739%

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Bacterial meningitis antigen at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $12.69 $5.42 – $46.73
Community Medical Center Toms River $12.69 $5.42 – $46.73
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $12.69 $5.42 – $46.73
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $12.69 $5.42 – $46.73
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $12.69 $5.42 – $46.73
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $12.69 $5.42 – $46.73
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $11.54 $11.54 – $52.88
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $11.54 $9.23 – $51.82

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