Artery x-rays lungs at Clara Maass Medical Center

1 Clara Maass Dr, Belleville, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1902901333

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 4, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$1,158.19

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.

$5,823.00

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.

$199.36 with Aetna vs $7,027.17 with Wellcare — 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
Aetna PPO $199.36 ↓ -83%
Aetna HMO $199.36 ↓ -83%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $286.98 ↓ -75%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $315.66 ↓ -73%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $315.66 ↓ -73%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $315.66 ↓ -73%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $315.66 ↓ -73%
Cigna PPO $374.76 ↓ -68%
Cigna Local Plus $374.76 ↓ -68%
Cigna HMO $374.76 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Community Plan $741.85 ↓ -36%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $755.82 ↓ -35%
Aetna Better Health $812.30 ↓ -30%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $3,319.11 ↑ +187%
First Health Commercial $3,493.80 ↑ +202%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $3,531.24 ↑ +205%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $3,531.24 ↑ +205%
Humana Medicare $3,531.24 ↑ +205%
Aetna Medicare $3,531.24 ↑ +205%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $3,531.24 ↑ +205%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $3,531.24 ↑ +205%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,601.86 ↑ +211%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $3,991.82 ↑ +245%
United Healthcare Nexus $3,991.82 ↑ +245%
United Healthcare Commercial $4,378.62 ↑ +278%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $4,378.62 ↑ +278%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $4,472.06 ↑ +286%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $4,769.03 ↑ +312%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $5,110.84 ↑ +341%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $5,558.63 ↑ +380%
Emblem Health Commercial $6,179.67 ↑ +434%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $7,027.17 ↑ +507%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $1,759.31 $75.79 – $6,879.68
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $2,170.27 $199.36 – $7,062.48
Community Medical Center Toms River $1,943.96 $182.93 – $6,845.28
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $2,133.40 $78.02 – $7,062.48
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $1,947.70 $98.08 – $7,376.29
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $2,050.81 $188.29 – $6,932.84
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Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $3,706.68 $260.16 – $8,849.68

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