Brace knee extender plus 22-30in 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

$46.45

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$247.47

Gross charge

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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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$37.16 with United Healthcare vs $3,821.54 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey — same scan, same building. Share

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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 Community Plan $37.16 ↓ -20%
Aetna Better Health $40.70 ↓ -12%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC $74.24 ↑ +60%
Cigna PPO $84.13 ↑ +81%
Cigna HMO $84.13 ↑ +81%
United Healthcare Nexus $98.98 ↑ +113%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $98.98 ↑ +113%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $98.98 ↑ +113%
United Healthcare Commercial $98.98 ↑ +113%
Emblem Health Commercial $123.73 ↑ +166%
Aetna PPO $148.48 ↑ +220%
Aetna HMO $148.48 ↑ +220%
First Health Commercial $148.48 ↑ +220%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $157.81 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $157.81 ↑ +240%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $326.40 ↑ +603%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $835.20 ↑ +1698%
Aetna Medicare $913.24 ↑ +1866%
Humana Medicare $913.24 ↑ +1866%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $913.24 ↑ +1866%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $913.24 ↑ +1866%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $913.24 ↑ +1866%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $913.24 ↑ +1866%
United Healthcare Medicare $931.50 ↑ +1905%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $1,817.35 ↑ +3812%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $2,291.14 ↑ +4832%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $3,609.40 ↑ +7671%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $3,777.98 ↑ +8033%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $3,821.54 ↑ +8127%
Amerihealth Local Value not published by hospital
Amerihealth Regional Preferred not published by hospital

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Brace knee extender plus 22-30in at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $37.45 $531.20 – $1,826.48
Community Medical Center Toms River $36.66 $544.00 – $1,817.35
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $35.15 $524.80 – $1,817.35
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $36.81 $336.00 – $1,817.35
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $36.73 $422.40 – $1,817.35
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $38.67 $913.24 – $1,817.35
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton Hamilton Township $40.56 $505.60 – $1,817.35
Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus Lakewood $42.01 $913.24 – $1,817.35

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