Tissue culture skin/biopsy at Trinitas Regional Medical Center
225 Williamson St, Elizabeth, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1770583999
$154.80
Cash price 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.
$1,011.00
Gross charge 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.
$66.14 with United Healthcare vs $858.45 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $66.14 | ↓ -57% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $66.14 | ↓ -57% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $77.40 | ↓ -50% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $77.40 | ↓ -50% |
| Wellpoint | NJ Family Care | $114.83 | ↓ -26% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $118.21 | ↓ -24% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $140.73 | ↓ -9% |
| Humana | Medicare | $140.73 | ↓ -9% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $140.73 | ↓ -9% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Medicare Advantage | $140.73 | ↓ -9% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $140.73 | ↓ -9% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Advantage | $140.73 | ↓ -9% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $143.54 | ↓ -7% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $166.30 | ↑ +7% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS/PPO/WC | $189.45 | ↑ +22% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $234.00 | ↑ +51% |
| Wellcare | Ambetter Health Commercial | $280.05 | ↑ +81% |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | $281.46 | ↑ +82% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $353.06 | ↑ +128% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $556.21 | ↑ +259% |
| Cigna | HMO | $574.15 | ↑ +271% |
| Cigna | PPO | $574.15 | ↑ +271% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $582.19 | ↑ +276% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $588.90 | ↑ +280% |
| First Health | Commercial | $606.60 | ↑ +292% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $644.71 | ↑ +316% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $644.71 | ↑ +316% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $670.44 | ↑ +333% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $670.44 | ↑ +333% |
| Aetna | PPO | $858.45 | ↑ +455% |
| Aetna | HMO | $858.45 | ↑ +455% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $154.80 | $66.14 – $574.15 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $154.80 | $66.14 – $574.15 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $154.80 | $66.14 – $574.15 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $154.80 | $66.14 – $574.15 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $154.80 | $66.14 – $574.15 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $154.80 | $66.14 – $574.15 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $140.73 | $140.73 – $644.87 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $140.73 | $112.58 – $631.95 |