Brace ankle stablizing lg 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

$8.55

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.

$43.00

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.

$5.47 with United Healthcare vs $234.20 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
United Healthcare Community Plan $5.47 ↓ -36%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $5.58 ↓ -35%
Aetna Better Health $5.99 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare Commercial $17.20 ↑ +101%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $17.20 ↑ +101%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $17.20 ↑ +101%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $17.20 ↑ +101%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $17.20 ↑ +101%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $17.20 ↑ +101%
Cigna Local Plus $17.20 ↑ +101%
United Healthcare Nexus $17.20 ↑ +101%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $17.20 ↑ +101%
Cigna HMO $17.20 ↑ +101%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $17.20 ↑ +101%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $17.20 ↑ +101%
Cigna PPO $17.20 ↑ +101%
Aetna HMO $19.78 ↑ +131%
Aetna PPO $19.78 ↑ +131%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $21.50 ↑ +151%
Amerihealth Local Value $21.50 ↑ +151%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $21.50 ↑ +151%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $21.50 ↑ +151%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $21.50 ↑ +151%
First Health Commercial $25.80 ↑ +202%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $80.05 ↑ +836%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $117.69 ↑ +1276%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $117.69 ↑ +1276%
Aetna Medicare $117.69 ↑ +1276%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $117.69 ↑ +1276%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $117.69 ↑ +1276%
Humana Medicare $117.69 ↑ +1276%
United Healthcare Medicare $120.04 ↑ +1304%
Emblem Health Commercial $205.96 ↑ +2309%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $234.20 ↑ +2639%

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Brace ankle stablizing lg at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $11.29 $49.79 – $234.20
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $9.11 $81.02 – $235.38
Community Medical Center Toms River $8.91 $82.98 – $234.20
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $8.95 $51.25 – $234.20
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $8.93 $64.43 – $234.20
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $9.40 $117.69 – $234.20
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton Hamilton Township $9.86 $68.34 – $234.20
Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus Lakewood $10.22 $117.69 – $234.20

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