New Patient Office Visit (level 5) 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

$151.84

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.

$809.00

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.

$116.90 with Wellpoint vs $787.80 with Amerihealth — 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
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $116.90 ↓ -23%
United Healthcare Community Plan $121.51 ↓ -20%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $126.02 ↓ -17%
Aetna Better Health $133.08 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare Nexus $232.99 ↑ +53%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $232.99 ↑ +53%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC $242.70 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $273.44 ↑ +80%
United Healthcare Commercial $273.44 ↑ +80%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $442.19 ↑ +191%
First Health Commercial $485.40 ↑ +220%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $515.89 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $515.89 ↑ +240%
Cigna HMO $592.75 ↑ +290%
Cigna PPO $624.30 ↑ +311%
Aetna HMO $684.41 ↑ +351%
Aetna PPO $684.41 ↑ +351%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $696.71 ↑ +359%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $729.23 ↑ +380%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $737.64 ↑ +386%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $787.80 ↑ +419%
Amerihealth Local Value $787.80 ↑ +419%

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New Patient Office Visit (level 5) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $171.42 $126.02 – $126.02
Community Medical Center Toms River $167.78 $126.02 – $126.02
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $160.91 $126.02 – $126.02
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $488.50 $344.63 – $344.63
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $168.51 $120.34 – $126.02
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $168.11 $126.02 – $151.29
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $177.00 $126.02 – $126.02
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton Hamilton Township $132.59 $126.02 – $126.02

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