Head CT scan (without contrast) at Trinitas Regional Medical Center
225 Williamson St, Elizabeth, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1770583999
$391.35
Cash price 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.
$2,085.00
Gross charge 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.
$56.31 with Wellpoint vs $1,329.60 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Wellpoint | NJ Family Care | $56.31 | ↓ -86% |
| Humana | Medicare | $116.22 | ↓ -70% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $116.22 | ↓ -70% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Medicare Advantage | $116.22 | ↓ -70% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $116.22 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $116.22 | ↓ -70% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Advantage | $116.22 | ↓ -70% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $118.54 | ↓ -70% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $143.22 | ↓ -63% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $143.22 | ↓ -63% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS/PPO/WC | $153.46 | ↓ -61% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $177.09 | ↓ -55% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $177.09 | ↓ -55% |
| Wellcare | Ambetter Health Commercial | $231.28 | ↓ -41% |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | $232.44 | ↓ -41% |
| Cigna | HMO | $281.00 | ↓ -28% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $291.57 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna | PPO | $296.00 | ↓ -24% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $313.16 | ↓ -20% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $342.98 | ↓ -12% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $357.50 | ↓ -9% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $416.99 | ↑ +7% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $416.99 | ↑ +7% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $459.34 | ↑ +17% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $480.79 | ↑ +23% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $486.33 | ↑ +24% |
| Aetna | HMO | $705.24 | ↑ +80% |
| Aetna | PPO | $705.24 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | Commercial | $1,251.00 | ↑ +220% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $1,329.60 | ↑ +240% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $1,329.60 | ↑ +240% |
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Head CT scan (without contrast) at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $441.81 | $119.31 – $726.00 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $432.42 | $116.22 – $726.00 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $414.70 | $119.31 – $726.00 |
| Childrens Specialized Hospital | Mountainside | $640.50 | $137.50 – $137.50 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $434.30 | $57.97 – $726.00 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $433.26 | $72.88 – $704.00 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $456.19 | $117.70 – $726.00 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $117.70 | $117.70 – $1,762.00 |