Biopsy skin incisional single lesion 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

$5,855.00

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.

$1,604.00

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.

$80.85 with Wellpoint vs $3,301.00 with United Healthcare — 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 $80.85 ↓ -99%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $228.22 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Community Plan $240.92 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health $263.85 ↓ -95%
Amerihealth Local Value $380.41 ↓ -94%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $380.41 ↓ -94%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC $481.20 ↓ -92%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $668.98 ↓ -89%
Humana Medicare $668.98 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare $668.98 ↓ -89%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $668.98 ↓ -89%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $668.98 ↓ -89%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $668.98 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Medicare $682.36 ↓ -88%
First Health Commercial $962.40 ↓ -84%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,022.87 ↓ -83%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,022.87 ↓ -83%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $1,331.27 ↓ -77%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,337.96 ↓ -77%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,678.34 ↓ -71%
Cigna HMO $1,930.00 ↓ -67%
Cigna PPO $2,033.00 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,494.00 ↓ -57%
Aetna PPO $2,612.00 ↓ -55%
Aetna HMO $2,612.00 ↓ -55%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $2,644.01 ↓ -55%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $2,767.50 ↓ -53%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $2,799.41 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,806.00 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,934.00 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,301.00 ↓ -44%

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Biopsy skin incisional single lesion at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $148.65 – $1,331.27
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $143.40 – $1,366.65
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $83.22 – $1,373.52
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $104.62 – $1,434.55
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $286.80 – $1,348.30
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $677.54 $677.54 – $813.05
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $720.88 $118.75 – $756.93
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $668.98 $115.33 – $802.78

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