Middle cerebral artery echo 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

$109.99

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$586.00

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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.

$46.12 with Wellpoint vs $564.14 with Aetna — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $46.12 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Community Plan $88.01 ↓ -20%
Aetna Better Health $96.39 ↓ -12%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $116.22 ↑ +6%
Humana Medicare $116.22 ↑ +6%
Aetna Medicare $116.22 ↑ +6%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $116.22 ↑ +6%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $116.22 ↑ +6%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $116.22 ↑ +6%
United Healthcare Medicare $118.54 ↑ +8%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $141.51 ↑ +29%
Amerihealth Local Value $141.51 ↑ +29%
United Healthcare Nexus $143.22 ↑ +30%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $143.22 ↑ +30%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $146.20 ↑ +33%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC $160.25 ↑ +46%
United Healthcare Commercial $177.09 ↑ +61%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $177.09 ↑ +61%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $231.28 ↑ +110%
Emblem Health Commercial $232.44 ↑ +111%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $291.57 ↑ +165%
Cigna HMO $291.58 ↑ +165%
Cigna PPO $291.58 ↑ +165%
First Health Commercial $351.60 ↑ +220%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $373.69 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $373.69 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $459.34 ↑ +318%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $480.79 ↑ +337%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $486.33 ↑ +342%
Aetna HMO $564.14 ↑ +413%
Aetna PPO $564.14 ↑ +413%

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Middle cerebral artery echo at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $123.11 $92.22 – $291.58
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $142.81 $92.22 – $291.58
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $121.02 $47.48 – $291.58
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $121.77 $59.69 – $291.58
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $128.21 $92.22 – $291.58
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $117.70 $117.70 – $295.04
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $125.23 $83.60 – $337.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $116.22 $106.34 – $295.04

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