Blood split unit 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

$45.04

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.

$240.00

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.

$35.01 with Wellpoint vs $2,587.00 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 $35.01 ↓ -22%
Aetna Better Health $39.48 ↓ -12%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC $72.00 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $144.00 ↑ +220%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $153.04 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $153.04 ↑ +240%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $154.97 ↑ +244%
Humana Medicare $154.97 ↑ +244%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $154.97 ↑ +244%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $154.97 ↑ +244%
Aetna Medicare $154.97 ↑ +244%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $154.97 ↑ +244%
United Healthcare Medicare $158.07 ↑ +251%
Cigna HMO $175.84 ↑ +290%
Cigna PPO $185.20 ↑ +311%
Aetna PPO $203.04 ↑ +351%
Aetna HMO $203.04 ↑ +351%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $233.71 ↑ +419%
Amerihealth Local Value $233.71 ↑ +419%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $308.39 ↑ +585%
Emblem Health Commercial $309.94 ↑ +588%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $388.79 ↑ +763%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $612.49 ↑ +1260%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $641.10 ↑ +1323%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $648.49 ↑ +1340%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,199.00 ↑ +4782%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,199.00 ↑ +4782%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,587.00 ↑ +5644%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,587.00 ↑ +5644%

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Blood split unit at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $50.85 $159.09 – $318.18
Community Medical Center Toms River $49.77 $154.97 – $308.39
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $47.73 $159.09 – $316.59
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $49.99 $159.09 – $318.18
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $49.87 $166.99 – $332.31
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $52.51 $156.95 – $2,199.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $157.09 $130.83 – $382.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $156.95 $128.12 – $380.00

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