Homovanillic acid (hva) 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

$24.65

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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.

$170.00

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.

$10.53 with United Healthcare vs $136.70 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 $10.53 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Nexus $10.53 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $12.33 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Commercial $12.33 ↓ -50%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $18.29 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Community Plan $18.83 ↓ -24%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $22.41 ↓ -9%
Humana Medicare $22.41 ↓ -9%
Aetna Medicare $22.41 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $22.41 ↓ -9%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $22.41 ↓ -9%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $22.41 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Medicare $22.86 ↓ -7%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC $26.05 ↑ +6%
Aetna Better Health $27.96 ↑ +13%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $31.20 ↑ +27%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $44.60 ↑ +81%
Emblem Health Commercial $44.82 ↑ +82%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $46.56 ↑ +89%
Amerihealth Local Value $46.56 ↑ +89%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $56.22 ↑ +128%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $88.57 ↑ +259%
Cigna HMO $90.80 ↑ +268%
Cigna PPO $90.80 ↑ +268%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $92.71 ↑ +276%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $93.78 ↑ +280%
First Health Commercial $102.00 ↑ +314%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $108.40 ↑ +340%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $108.40 ↑ +340%
Aetna PPO $136.70 ↑ +455%
Aetna HMO $136.70 ↑ +455%

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Homovanillic acid (hva) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $24.65 $10.53 – $90.80
Community Medical Center Toms River $24.65 $10.53 – $90.80
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $24.65 $10.53 – $90.80
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $24.65 $10.53 – $90.80
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $24.65 $10.53 – $90.80
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $24.65 $10.53 – $90.80
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $22.41 $22.41 – $102.69
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $22.41 $17.84 – $100.63

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