X-ray thoracic spine 3 views at Trinitas Regional Medical Center
225 Williamson St, Elizabeth, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1770583999
$109.61
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.
$584.00
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.
$20.63 with Wellpoint vs $486.33 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.
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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| Wellpoint | NJ Family Care | $20.63 | ↓ -81% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS/PPO/WC | $48.86 | ↓ -55% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $52.00 | ↓ -53% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $71.70 | ↓ -35% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $71.70 | ↓ -35% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $87.71 | ↓ -20% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $96.06 | ↓ -12% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $116.22 | ↑ +6% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $116.22 | ↑ +6% |
| Humana | Medicare | $116.22 | ↑ +6% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Medicare Advantage | $116.22 | ↑ +6% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $116.22 | ↑ +6% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Advantage | $116.22 | ↑ +6% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $118.54 | ↑ +8% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $143.22 | ↑ +31% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $143.22 | ↑ +31% |
| Cigna | PPO | $150.91 | ↑ +38% |
| Cigna | HMO | $150.91 | ↑ +38% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $177.09 | ↑ +62% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $177.09 | ↑ +62% |
| Wellcare | Ambetter Health Commercial | $231.28 | ↑ +111% |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | $232.44 | ↑ +112% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $291.57 | ↑ +166% |
| Aetna | HMO | $295.64 | ↑ +170% |
| Aetna | PPO | $295.64 | ↑ +170% |
| First Health | Commercial | $350.40 | ↑ +220% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $372.41 | ↑ +240% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $372.41 | ↑ +240% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $459.34 | ↑ +319% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $480.79 | ↑ +339% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $486.33 | ↑ +344% |
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X-ray thoracic spine 3 views at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrier Clinic | Belle Mead | $269.60 | $97.73 – $97.73 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $193.88 | $32.80 – $238.62 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $121.12 | $32.80 – $231.28 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $161.10 | $32.80 – $237.43 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $190.59 | $21.24 – $238.62 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $121.35 | $26.70 – $249.21 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $127.77 | $32.80 – $234.22 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $117.70 | $55.36 – $295.04 |