Caloric vstblr test w/rec 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

$93.68

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.

$471.00

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.

$18.83 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $449.61 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
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $18.83 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Community Plan $60.00 ↓ -36%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $61.13 ↓ -35%
Aetna Better Health $65.70 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare Nexus $137.34 ↑ +47%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $137.34 ↑ +47%
United Healthcare Commercial $161.55 ↑ +72%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $161.55 ↑ +72%
Humana Medicare $175.54 ↑ +87%
Aetna Medicare $175.54 ↑ +87%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $175.54 ↑ +87%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $175.54 ↑ +87%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $175.54 ↑ +87%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $175.54 ↑ +87%
United Healthcare Medicare $179.05 ↑ +91%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $198.14 ↑ +112%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $246.14 ↑ +163%
Cigna Local Plus $247.88 ↑ +165%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $252.22 ↑ +169%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $260.08 ↑ +178%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $268.47 ↑ +187%
Aetna HMO $277.89 ↑ +197%
Aetna PPO $277.89 ↑ +197%
First Health Commercial $282.60 ↑ +202%
Emblem Health Commercial $307.20 ↑ +228%
Cigna HMO $315.00 ↑ +236%
Cigna PPO $331.77 ↑ +254%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $349.32 ↑ +273%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $354.85 ↑ +279%
Amerihealth Local Value $354.85 ↑ +279%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $361.72 ↑ +286%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $385.74 ↑ +312%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $413.39 ↑ +341%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $449.61 ↑ +380%

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Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $172.91 $19.06 – $351.08
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $124.27 $37.65 – $344.63
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