Brcassure comprehensive panel-sendout 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

$2,007.37

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.

$4,081.00

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.

$569.29 with Aetna vs $7,441.16 with Cigna — 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 Better Health $569.29 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Nexus $857.69 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $857.69 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $1,003.68 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,003.68 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Community Plan $1,532.90 ↓ -24%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $1,562.09 ↓ -22%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $1,824.88 ↓ -9%
Humana Medicare $1,824.88 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $1,824.88 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,824.88 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $1,824.88 ↓ -9%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $1,824.88 ↓ -9%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $1,824.88 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $1,824.88 ↓ -9%
Aetna Medicare $1,824.88 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $1,824.88 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,861.38 ↓ -7%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $2,049.69 ↑ +2%
Amerihealth Local Value $2,049.69 ↑ +2%
Aetna PPO $2,244.60 ↑ +12%
Aetna HMO $2,244.60 ↑ +12%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $2,326.17 ↑ +16%
First Health Commercial $2,448.60 ↑ +22%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $3,134.20 ↑ +56%
Emblem Health Commercial $3,193.54 ↑ +59%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $3,261.45 ↑ +62%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $3,342.33 ↑ +67%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $3,581.89 ↑ +78%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $3,631.51 ↑ +81%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $3,895.72 ↑ +94%
Cigna Local Plus $7,441.16 ↑ +271%
Cigna HMO $7,441.16 ↑ +271%
Cigna PPO $7,441.16 ↑ +271%

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Brcassure comprehensive panel-sendout at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $2,007.37 $857.69 – $7,441.16
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $2,007.37 $857.69 – $7,441.16
Community Medical Center Toms River $2,007.37 $857.69 – $7,441.16
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $2,007.37 $857.69 – $7,441.16
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $2,007.37 $857.69 – $7,441.16
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $2,007.37 $857.69 – $7,441.16
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $1,824.88 $1,824.88 – $8,362.24
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $1,824.88 $1,459.90 – $8,194.61

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