Cerebrospinal fld flw imag 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

$443.53

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.

$2,363.00

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.

$154.83 with Wellpoint vs $2,724.18 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 $154.83 ↓ -65%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $311.43 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare Community Plan $354.92 ↓ -20%
Aetna Better Health $388.71 ↓ -12%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $588.26 ↑ +33%
Humana Medicare $588.26 ↑ +33%
Aetna Medicare $588.26 ↑ +33%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $588.26 ↑ +33%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $588.26 ↑ +33%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $588.26 ↑ +33%
United Healthcare Medicare $600.03 ↑ +35%
United Healthcare Nexus $676.03 ↑ +52%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $676.03 ↑ +52%
United Healthcare Commercial $745.73 ↑ +68%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $745.73 ↑ +68%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC $992.30 ↑ +124%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $1,170.64 ↑ +164%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,176.52 ↑ +165%
Cigna HMO $1,402.16 ↑ +216%
Cigna PPO $1,402.16 ↑ +216%
First Health Commercial $1,417.80 ↑ +220%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,475.83 ↑ +233%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,506.88 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,506.88 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $2,324.98 ↑ +424%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $2,433.57 ↑ +449%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $2,461.63 ↑ +455%
Aetna HMO $2,724.18 ↑ +514%
Aetna PPO $2,724.18 ↑ +514%

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Cerebrospinal fld flw imag at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $536.31 $196.44 – $1,402.16
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $527.20 $159.38 – $1,402.16
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $517.02 $196.44 – $1,402.16
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $595.79 $256.91 – $1,325.05
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $633.90 $178.08 – $1,513.47
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $588.26 $256.91 – $1,325.05
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $596.31 $538.27 – $1,403.35
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $595.79 $256.91 – $1,503.68

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