Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj crv-thr/lmb-scr w/img addl 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

$5,855.00

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.

$3,790.00

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.

$375.56 with Wellpoint vs $9,647.00 with Cigna — 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 $375.56 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Community Plan $569.25 ↓ -90%
Aetna Better Health $623.45 ↓ -89%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC $1,137.00 ↓ -81%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $1,693.84 ↓ -71%
Amerihealth Local Value $1,978.15 ↓ -66%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $1,978.15 ↓ -66%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $2,071.61 ↓ -65%
First Health Commercial $2,274.00 ↓ -61%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $2,416.88 ↓ -59%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $2,416.88 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,445.00 ↓ -58%
Aetna PPO $2,612.00 ↓ -55%
Aetna HMO $2,612.00 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,751.00 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,877.00 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,236.00 ↓ -45%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $3,263.94 ↓ -44%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $3,416.30 ↓ -42%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $3,455.72 ↓ -41%
Cigna HMO $9,159.00 ↑ +56%
Cigna PPO $9,647.00 ↑ +65%

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Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj crv-thr/lmb-scr w/img addl at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $386.61 – $1,739.03
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $1,895.02 – $1,895.02
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton Hamilton Township $5,110.00 $912.85 – $912.85
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick $5,741.00 $872.40 – $4,025.38
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset Somerville $6,311.00 $397.66 – $872.40
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston not published $959.07 – $959.07
Community Medical Center Toms River not published $982.18 – $982.18
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville not published $947.51 – $947.51

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