Uric acid urine 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

$5.59

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.

$54.00

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.

$2.39 with United Healthcare vs $34.43 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
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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 Oxford Metro $2.39 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Nexus $2.39 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2.79 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Commercial $2.79 ↓ -50%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $4.14 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Community Plan $4.26 ↓ -24%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $5.08 ↓ -9%
Humana Medicare $5.08 ↓ -9%
Aetna Medicare $5.08 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $5.08 ↓ -9%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $5.08 ↓ -9%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $5.08 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Medicare $5.18 ↓ -7%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC $6.39 ↑ +14%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $7.80 ↑ +40%
Aetna Better Health $8.88 ↑ +59%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $10.11 ↑ +81%
Emblem Health Commercial $10.16 ↑ +82%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $12.74 ↑ +128%
Amerihealth Local Value $13.69 ↑ +145%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $13.69 ↑ +145%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $20.08 ↑ +259%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $21.02 ↑ +276%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $21.26 ↑ +280%
Cigna HMO $21.37 ↑ +282%
Cigna PPO $21.37 ↑ +282%
Aetna PPO $30.99 ↑ +454%
Aetna HMO $30.99 ↑ +454%
First Health Commercial $32.40 ↑ +480%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $34.43 ↑ +516%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $34.43 ↑ +516%

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Uric acid urine at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $5.59 $2.39 – $21.37
Community Medical Center Toms River $5.59 $2.39 – $21.37
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $5.59 $2.39 – $21.37
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $27.00 $4.06 – $4.18
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $5.59 $2.39 – $21.37
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5.59 $2.39 – $21.37
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5.59 $2.39 – $21.37
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $5.08 $5.08 – $23.28

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