Membrane collgn porcine maci w/autologous cult chondrocytes at Trinitas Regional Medical Center
225 Williamson St, Elizabeth, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1770583999
$33,918.73
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.
$180,707.14
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.
$26,365.17 with Wellpoint vs $444,067.80 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.
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 | $26,365.17 | ↓ -22% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS/PPO/WC | $53,220.16 | ↑ +57% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $60,422.34 | ↑ +78% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $66,519.17 | ↑ +96% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $66,519.17 | ↑ +96% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $76,437.90 | ↑ +125% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $76,437.90 | ↑ +125% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $98,774.52 | ↑ +191% |
| First Health | Commercial | $108,424.28 | ↑ +220% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $115,236.94 | ↑ +240% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $115,236.94 | ↑ +240% |
| Cigna | HMO | $132,404.12 | ↑ +290% |
| Cigna | PPO | $139,451.69 | ↑ +311% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $155,624.98 | ↑ +359% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $162,889.41 | ↑ +380% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $164,768.77 | ↑ +386% |
| Aetna | PPO | $444,067.80 | ↑ +1209% |
| Aetna | HMO | $444,067.80 | ↑ +1209% |
| Aetna | Better Health | not published by hospital | — |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
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Membrane collgn porcine maci w/autologous cult chondrocytes at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $27,351.31 | $60,422.34 – $76,437.90 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $26,770.47 | $60,422.34 – $76,437.90 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $25,673.32 | $60,422.34 – $76,437.90 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $26,886.64 | $60,422.34 – $76,437.90 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $26,822.10 | $60,422.34 – $76,437.90 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $28,241.94 | $60,422.34 – $76,437.90 |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton | Hamilton Township | $29,617.90 | $60,422.34 – $76,437.90 |
| Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus | Lakewood | $30,681.49 | $60,422.34 – $76,437.90 |