Chromosome karyotype study 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

$36.82

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.

$104.00

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.

$14.50 with Aetna vs $136.20 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 $14.50 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Nexus $15.73 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $15.73 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $18.41 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Commercial $18.41 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Community Plan $28.12 ↓ -24%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $28.65 ↓ -22%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $33.47 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $33.47 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $33.47 ↓ -9%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $33.47 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $33.47 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $33.47 ↓ -9%
Aetna Medicare $33.47 ↓ -9%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $33.47 ↓ -9%
Humana Medicare $33.47 ↓ -9%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $33.47 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Medicare $34.14 ↓ -7%
Aetna PPO $41.17 ↑ +12%
Aetna HMO $41.17 ↑ +12%
Emblem Health Commercial $58.57 ↑ +59%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $59.28 ↑ +61%
First Health Commercial $62.40 ↑ +69%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $63.01 ↑ +71%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $66.61 ↑ +81%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $75.48 ↑ +105%
Amerihealth Local Value $75.48 ↑ +105%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $79.87 ↑ +117%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $85.17 ↑ +131%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $91.28 ↑ +148%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $99.27 ↑ +170%
Cigna Local Plus $136.20 ↑ +270%
Cigna HMO $136.20 ↑ +270%
Cigna PPO $136.20 ↑ +270%

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Chromosome karyotype study at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $36.82 $15.73 – $136.20
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $36.82 $15.73 – $136.20
Community Medical Center Toms River $36.82 $15.73 – $136.20
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $798.00 $26.78 – $27.58
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $36.82 $15.73 – $136.20
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $36.82 $15.73 – $136.20
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $36.82 $15.73 – $136.20
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $33.47 $33.47 – $153.37

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