Thyroid met uptake 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

$105.67

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.

$563.00

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.

$40.43 with Wellpoint vs $546.53 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.

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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 $40.43 ↓ -62%
Amerihealth Local Value $58.49 ↓ -45%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $58.49 ↓ -45%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $62.40 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare Community Plan $84.56 ↓ -20%
Aetna Better Health $92.61 ↓ -12%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $307.73 ↑ +191%
First Health Commercial $337.80 ↑ +220%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $359.02 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $359.02 ↑ +240%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC $459.63 ↑ +335%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $484.85 ↑ +359%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $507.48 ↑ +380%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $513.34 ↑ +386%
Aetna HMO $546.53 ↑ +417%
Aetna PPO $546.53 ↑ +417%

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Thyroid met uptake at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $159.13 $39.36 – $828.00
Community Medical Center Toms River $116.76 $39.36 – $828.00
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $90.49 $39.36 – $828.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $156.43 $39.36 – $828.00
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $116.99 $39.36 – $805.00
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton Hamilton Township $74.57 $39.36 – $135.90
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick $160.18 $39.36 – $192.72
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset Somerville $76.89 $39.36 – $143.85

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