Passy muir valve metal trach 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

$42.40

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$225.94

Gross charge

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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.

$33.93 with United Healthcare vs $606.73 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

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 Community Plan $33.93 ↓ -20%
Aetna Better Health $37.16 ↓ -12%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC $67.78 ↑ +60%
Cigna PPO $76.81 ↑ +81%
Cigna HMO $76.81 ↑ +81%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $88.91 ↑ +110%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $90.37 ↑ +113%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $90.37 ↑ +113%
United Healthcare Commercial $90.37 ↑ +113%
United Healthcare Nexus $90.37 ↑ +113%
Emblem Health Commercial $112.97 ↑ +166%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $112.97 ↑ +166%
Aetna PPO $135.56 ↑ +220%
Aetna HMO $135.56 ↑ +220%
First Health Commercial $135.56 ↑ +220%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $144.08 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $144.08 ↑ +240%
Aetna Medicare $144.99 ↑ +242%
Humana Medicare $144.99 ↑ +242%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $144.99 ↑ +242%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $144.99 ↑ +242%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $144.99 ↑ +242%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $144.99 ↑ +242%
United Healthcare Medicare $147.89 ↑ +249%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $288.53 ↑ +580%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $363.75 ↑ +758%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $573.04 ↑ +1252%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $599.81 ↑ +1315%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $606.73 ↑ +1331%
Amerihealth Local Value not published by hospital
Amerihealth Regional Preferred not published by hospital

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Passy muir valve metal trach at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $34.19 $144.99 – $289.98
Community Medical Center Toms River $33.47 $144.99 – $288.53
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $32.09 $144.99 – $288.53
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $33.61 $91.53 – $288.53
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $33.53 $115.06 – $288.53
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $35.30 $144.99 – $288.53
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton Hamilton Township $37.03 $144.99 – $288.53
Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus Lakewood $38.36 $144.99 – $288.53

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