Bundled special stain group 1 microorganisms 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

$69.44

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.

$370.00

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.

$23.57 with United Healthcare vs $762.38 with Aetna — 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
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $23.57 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Nexus $23.57 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $27.21 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Commercial $27.21 ↓ -61%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $33.80 ↓ -51%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $58.39 ↓ -16%
Humana Medicare $58.39 ↓ -16%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $58.39 ↓ -16%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $58.39 ↓ -16%
Aetna Medicare $58.39 ↓ -16%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $58.39 ↓ -16%
United Healthcare Medicare $59.56 ↓ -14%
Aetna Better Health $60.86 ↓ -12%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $93.99 ↑ +35%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC $96.66 ↑ +39%
United Healthcare Community Plan $96.76 ↑ +39%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $116.20 ↑ +67%
Emblem Health Commercial $116.78 ↑ +68%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $146.49 ↑ +111%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $189.90 ↑ +173%
Amerihealth Local Value $189.90 ↑ +173%
First Health Commercial $222.00 ↑ +220%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $230.77 ↑ +232%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $235.94 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $235.94 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $241.55 ↑ +248%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $244.34 ↑ +252%
Cigna HMO $348.34 ↑ +402%
Cigna PPO $348.34 ↑ +402%
Aetna PPO $762.38 ↑ +998%
Aetna HMO $762.38 ↑ +998%

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Bundled special stain group 1 microorganisms at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $57.42 $21.32 – $348.34
Community Medical Center Toms River $76.73 $21.32 – $348.34
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $65.83 $21.32 – $348.34
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $56.44 $21.32 – $348.34
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $76.88 $21.32 – $348.34
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $80.95 $21.32 – $348.34
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $59.14 $59.14 – $102.13
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $62.92 $19.33 – $218.71

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