Echo transthoracic 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

$228.43

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.

$1,217.00

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.

$80.98 with Wellpoint vs $4,338.43 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 $80.98 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Community Plan $166.12 ↓ -27%
Aetna Better Health $181.93 ↓ -20%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $375.84 ↑ +65%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $599.23 ↑ +162%
Humana Medicare $599.23 ↑ +162%
Aetna Medicare $599.23 ↑ +162%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $599.23 ↑ +162%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $599.23 ↑ +162%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $599.23 ↑ +162%
United Healthcare Medicare $611.21 ↑ +168%
First Health Commercial $663.60 ↑ +191%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $705.29 ↑ +209%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $705.29 ↑ +209%
United Healthcare Nexus $719.00 ↑ +215%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $719.00 ↑ +215%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC $804.97 ↑ +252%
Cigna HMO $810.36 ↑ +255%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $846.00 ↑ +270%
United Healthcare Commercial $846.00 ↑ +270%
Cigna PPO $853.50 ↑ +274%
Amerihealth Local Value $1,077.02 ↑ +371%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $1,077.02 ↑ +371%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $1,192.47 ↑ +422%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,198.46 ↑ +425%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,503.35 ↑ +558%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $2,368.34 ↑ +937%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $2,478.95 ↑ +985%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $2,507.54 ↑ +998%
Aetna HMO $4,338.43 ↑ +1799%
Aetna PPO $4,338.43 ↑ +1799%

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Echo transthoracic at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $208.29 $166.11 – $1,230.30
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $204.75 $83.36 – $1,230.30
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $252.89 $104.79 – $1,284.96
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $266.27 $221.48 – $1,207.71
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $606.89 $606.89 – $2,305.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $645.71 $278.58 – $5,399.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $599.23 $264.61 – $2,718.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $607.42 $278.58 – $1,839.00

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