Lactate dehydrogenase (ldh) 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

$6.64

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.

$95.00

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.

$2.84 with United Healthcare vs $60.58 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.

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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 $2.84 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Nexus $2.84 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $3.32 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Commercial $3.32 ↓ -50%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $4.93 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Community Plan $5.07 ↓ -24%
Amerihealth Local Value $5.17 ↓ -22%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $5.17 ↓ -22%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $6.04 ↓ -9%
Humana Medicare $6.04 ↓ -9%
Aetna Medicare $6.04 ↓ -9%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $6.04 ↓ -9%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $6.04 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $6.04 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Medicare $6.16 ↓ -7%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC $8.14 ↑ +23%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $10.92 ↑ +64%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $12.02 ↑ +81%
Emblem Health Commercial $12.08 ↑ +82%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $15.15 ↑ +128%
Aetna Better Health $15.62 ↑ +135%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $23.87 ↑ +259%
Cigna PPO $24.03 ↑ +262%
Cigna HMO $24.03 ↑ +262%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $24.99 ↑ +276%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $25.27 ↑ +281%
Aetna PPO $36.84 ↑ +455%
Aetna HMO $36.84 ↑ +455%
First Health Commercial $57.00 ↑ +758%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $60.58 ↑ +812%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $60.58 ↑ +812%

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Lactate dehydrogenase (ldh) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6.64 $2.84 – $24.03
Community Medical Center Toms River $6.64 $2.84 – $24.03
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $6.64 $2.84 – $24.03
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $30.50 $4.83 – $4.97
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $6.64 $2.84 – $24.03
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $6.64 $2.84 – $24.03
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $6.64 $2.84 – $24.03
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $6.04 $6.04 – $27.68

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