Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) 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

$349.30

Cash price

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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.

$1,861.00

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.

$99.14 with Wellpoint vs $2,625.85 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
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $99.14 ↓ -72%
Humana Medicare $264.17 ↓ -24%
Aetna Medicare $264.17 ↓ -24%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $264.17 ↓ -24%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $264.17 ↓ -24%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $264.17 ↓ -24%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $264.17 ↓ -24%
United Healthcare Medicare $269.45 ↓ -23%
United Healthcare Community Plan $279.52 ↓ -20%
Aetna Better Health $306.13 ↓ -12%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC $361.05 ↑ +3%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $525.70 ↑ +51%
Emblem Health Commercial $528.34 ↑ +51%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $662.75 ↑ +90%
Cigna PPO $794.88 ↑ +128%
Cigna HMO $794.88 ↑ +128%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $973.53 ↑ +179%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $1,044.08 ↑ +199%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $1,092.84 ↑ +213%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $1,105.45 ↑ +216%
First Health Commercial $1,116.60 ↑ +220%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,186.75 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,186.75 ↑ +240%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $1,812.24 ↑ +419%
Amerihealth Local Value $1,812.24 ↑ +419%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,084.00 ↑ +497%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,084.00 ↑ +497%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,452.00 ↑ +602%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,452.00 ↑ +602%
Aetna HMO $2,625.85 ↑ +652%
Aetna PPO $2,625.85 ↑ +652%

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Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $554.11 $271.19 – $794.88
Community Medical Center Toms River $385.97 $264.17 – $794.88
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $435.59 $271.19 – $794.88
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $544.70 $102.06 – $794.88
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $386.71 $128.30 – $794.88
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $407.18 $267.55 – $794.88
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $267.55 $267.55 – $1,207.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $284.66 $227.73 – $4,324.00

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