Bronchial challenge 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

$344.05

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.

$1,833.00

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.

$32.53 with Wellpoint vs $1,784.97 with Amerihealth — 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 $32.53 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Community Plan $275.31 ↓ -20%
Aetna Better Health $301.52 ↓ -12%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $340.32 ↓ -1%
Humana Medicare $340.32 ↓ -1%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $340.32 ↓ -1%
Aetna Medicare $340.32 ↓ -1%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $340.32 ↓ -1%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $340.32 ↓ -1%
United Healthcare Medicare $347.13 ↑ +1%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC $451.01 ↑ +31%
United Healthcare Nexus $507.00 ↑ +47%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $507.00 ↑ +47%
United Healthcare Commercial $596.00 ↑ +73%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $596.00 ↑ +73%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $677.24 ↑ +97%
Emblem Health Commercial $680.64 ↑ +98%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $853.79 ↑ +148%
First Health Commercial $1,099.80 ↑ +220%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,168.90 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,168.90 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $1,169.28 ↑ +240%
Cigna HMO $1,343.03 ↑ +290%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $1,345.05 ↑ +291%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $1,407.87 ↑ +309%
Cigna PPO $1,414.52 ↑ +311%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $1,424.10 ↑ +314%
Aetna HMO $1,550.71 ↑ +351%
Aetna PPO $1,550.71 ↑ +351%
Amerihealth Local Value $1,784.97 ↑ +419%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $1,784.97 ↑ +419%

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Bronchial challenge at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $336.70 $349.37 – $698.74
Community Medical Center Toms River $380.16 $340.32 – $677.24
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $272.29 $349.37 – $695.25
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $330.98 $33.48 – $698.74
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $344.68 $344.68 – $910.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $366.72 $111.19 – $5,456.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $340.32 $106.30 – $408.39
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $344.98 $111.19 – $610.00

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