Bone Density Scan (DEXA) 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

$217.19

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.

$1,092.00

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.

$83.81 with Aetna vs $1,042.42 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
Aetna PPO $83.81 ↓ -61%
Aetna HMO $83.81 ↓ -61%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $95.00 ↓ -56%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $95.00 ↓ -56%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $95.00 ↓ -56%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $95.00 ↓ -56%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $106.60 ↓ -51%
Amerihealth Local Value $107.90 ↓ -50%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $107.90 ↓ -50%
Humana Medicare $119.31 ↓ -45%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $119.31 ↓ -45%
Aetna Medicare $119.31 ↓ -45%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $119.31 ↓ -45%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $119.31 ↓ -45%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $119.31 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Medicare $121.70 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare Community Plan $139.12 ↓ -36%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $141.74 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $143.22 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare Nexus $143.22 ↓ -34%
Aetna Better Health $152.33 ↓ -30%
Cigna HMO $154.37 ↓ -29%
Cigna Local Plus $154.37 ↓ -29%
Cigna PPO $154.37 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Commercial $177.09 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $177.09 ↓ -18%
Emblem Health Commercial $208.79 ↓ -4%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $237.43 ↑ +9%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $622.44 ↑ +187%
First Health Commercial $655.20 ↑ +202%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $838.65 ↑ +286%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $894.34 ↑ +312%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $958.44 ↑ +341%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,042.42 ↑ +380%

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Bone Density Scan (DEXA) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $162.92 $28.44 – $3,213.43
Community Medical Center Toms River $180.02 $76.93 – $231.28
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $268.50 $65.00 – $655.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $180.80 $29.27 – $319.00
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $180.37 $36.80 – $277.78
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $189.91 $79.19 – $319.00
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $117.70 $86.67 – $295.04
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $125.23 $75.52 – $336.99

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