Cytopath smear other 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

$42.42

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.

$226.00

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.

$7.76 with Wellpoint vs $566.63 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 $7.76 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $11.73 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Nexus $11.73 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $12.64 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Commercial $12.64 ↓ -70%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $18.20 ↓ -57%
Humana Medicare $26.76 ↓ -37%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $26.76 ↓ -37%
Aetna Medicare $26.76 ↓ -37%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $26.76 ↓ -37%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $26.76 ↓ -37%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $26.76 ↓ -37%
United Healthcare Medicare $27.30 ↓ -36%
Aetna Better Health $37.17 ↓ -12%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC $52.07 ↑ +23%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $53.25 ↑ +26%
Emblem Health Commercial $53.52 ↑ +26%
Amerihealth Local Value $56.97 ↑ +34%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $56.97 ↑ +34%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $67.14 ↑ +58%
United Healthcare Community Plan $68.21 ↑ +61%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $105.76 ↑ +149%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $110.70 ↑ +161%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $111.98 ↑ +164%
First Health Commercial $135.60 ↑ +220%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $144.12 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $144.12 ↑ +240%
Cigna HMO $219.98 ↑ +419%
Cigna PPO $219.98 ↑ +419%
Aetna HMO $566.63 ↑ +1236%
Aetna PPO $566.63 ↑ +1236%

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Cytopath smear other source at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $27.12 $11.48 – $219.98
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $38.58 $11.48 – $219.98
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $26.66 $11.48 – $219.98
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $46.96 $10.05 – $219.98
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $49.44 $11.48 – $219.98
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $27.11 $27.11 – $50.64
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $28.84 $10.41 – $153.81
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $26.76 $8.46 – $146.37

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