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

$122.19

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.

$651.00

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 $898.47 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 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Nexus $23.57 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Commercial $27.21 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $27.21 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare $58.39 ↓ -52%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $58.39 ↓ -52%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $58.39 ↓ -52%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $58.39 ↓ -52%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $58.39 ↓ -52%
Humana Medicare $58.39 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Medicare $59.56 ↓ -51%
Amerihealth Local Value $77.91 ↓ -36%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $77.91 ↓ -36%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC $96.66 ↓ -21%
Aetna Better Health $107.08 ↓ -12%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $107.09 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare Community Plan $110.24 ↓ -10%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $116.20 ↓ -5%
Emblem Health Commercial $116.78 ↓ -4%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $146.49 ↑ +20%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $171.60 ↑ +40%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $230.77 ↑ +89%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $241.55 ↑ +98%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $244.34 ↑ +100%
Cigna HMO $362.69 ↑ +197%
Cigna PPO $362.69 ↑ +197%
First Health Commercial $390.60 ↑ +220%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $415.14 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $415.14 ↑ +240%
Aetna HMO $898.47 ↑ +635%
Aetna PPO $898.47 ↑ +635%

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Cytopath smear other source at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $79.67 $23.57 – $362.69
Community Medical Center Toms River $135.01 $23.57 – $362.69
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $93.28 $23.57 – $362.69
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $78.32 $23.57 – $362.69
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $135.27 $23.57 – $362.69
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $142.43 $23.57 – $362.69
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $59.14 $50.74 – $102.13
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $62.92 $50.34 – $248.76

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