Culture afb any source 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

$11.88

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.

$120.00

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.

$5.08 with United Healthcare vs $76.52 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey — 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 $5.08 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Nexus $5.08 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $5.94 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Commercial $5.94 ↓ -50%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $8.81 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Community Plan $9.07 ↓ -24%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $10.80 ↓ -9%
Humana Medicare $10.80 ↓ -9%
Aetna Medicare $10.80 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $10.80 ↓ -9%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $10.80 ↓ -9%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $10.80 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Medicare $11.02 ↓ -7%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC $14.54 ↑ +22%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $15.60 ↑ +31%
Aetna Better Health $19.74 ↑ +66%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $21.49 ↑ +81%
Emblem Health Commercial $21.60 ↑ +82%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $27.10 ↑ +128%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $42.68 ↑ +259%
Cigna PPO $44.07 ↑ +271%
Cigna HMO $44.07 ↑ +271%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $44.68 ↑ +276%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $45.19 ↑ +280%
Amerihealth Local Value $51.13 ↑ +330%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $51.13 ↑ +330%
Aetna PPO $65.88 ↑ +455%
Aetna HMO $65.88 ↑ +455%
First Health Commercial $72.00 ↑ +506%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $76.52 ↑ +544%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $76.52 ↑ +544%

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Culture afb any source at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $11.88 $5.08 – $44.07
Community Medical Center Toms River $11.88 $5.08 – $44.07
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $11.88 $5.08 – $44.07
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $101.50 $8.64 – $8.90
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $11.88 $5.08 – $44.07
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $11.88 $5.08 – $44.07
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $11.88 $5.08 – $44.07
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $10.80 $10.80 – $49.49

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