Lumbar diskogram s&i at Trinitas Regional Medical Center
225 Williamson St, Elizabeth, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1770583999
$662.58
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.
$3,530.00
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.
$57.73 with Wellpoint vs $8,930.52 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 | $57.73 | ↓ -91% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS/PPO/WC | $115.08 | ↓ -83% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $130.00 | ↓ -80% |
| Cigna | HMO | $376.70 | ↓ -43% |
| Cigna | PPO | $376.70 | ↓ -43% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $530.20 | ↓ -20% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $580.68 | ↓ -12% |
| Aetna | HMO | $736.21 | ↑ +11% |
| Aetna | PPO | $736.21 | ↑ +11% |
| First Health | Commercial | $2,118.00 | ↑ +220% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Advantage | $2,134.14 | ↑ +222% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $2,134.14 | ↑ +222% |
| Humana | Medicare | $2,134.14 | ↑ +222% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $2,134.14 | ↑ +222% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $2,134.14 | ↑ +222% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Medicare Advantage | $2,134.14 | ↑ +222% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $2,176.82 | ↑ +229% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $2,251.08 | ↑ +240% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $2,251.08 | ↑ +240% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $2,408.68 | ↑ +264% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $2,408.68 | ↑ +264% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $2,716.57 | ↑ +310% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $2,716.57 | ↑ +310% |
| Wellcare | Ambetter Health Commercial | $4,246.94 | ↑ +541% |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | $4,268.28 | ↑ +544% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $5,354.13 | ↑ +708% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $8,434.76 | ↑ +1173% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $8,828.72 | ↑ +1232% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $8,930.52 | ↑ +1248% |
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Lumbar diskogram s&i at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $732.12 | $82.00 – $4,246.94 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $702.11 | $82.00 – $4,359.79 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $2,161.44 | $152.54 – $4,750.01 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $2,299.70 | $74.34 – $5,425.45 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $2,134.14 | $152.54 – $2,134.14 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $2,163.32 | $214.09 – $5,030.71 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $2,161.44 | $158.85 – $2,269.52 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $2,299.70 | $82.00 – $4,750.01 |