Collar cerv 18.25x3.5in serp firm density sm 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

$9.59

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.

$48.25

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.

$6.14 with United Healthcare vs $59.50 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 $6.14 ↓ -36%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $6.26 ↓ -35%
Aetna Better Health $6.73 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare Commercial $19.30 ↑ +101%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $19.30 ↑ +101%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $19.30 ↑ +101%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $19.30 ↑ +101%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $19.30 ↑ +101%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $19.30 ↑ +101%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $19.30 ↑ +101%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $19.30 ↑ +101%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $19.30 ↑ +101%
Cigna Local Plus $19.30 ↑ +101%
United Healthcare Nexus $19.30 ↑ +101%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $19.30 ↑ +101%
Cigna PPO $19.30 ↑ +101%
Cigna HMO $19.30 ↑ +101%
Aetna HMO $22.19 ↑ +131%
Aetna PPO $22.19 ↑ +131%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $24.12 ↑ +152%
Amerihealth Local Value $24.12 ↑ +152%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $24.12 ↑ +152%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $24.12 ↑ +152%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $24.12 ↑ +152%
First Health Commercial $28.95 ↑ +202%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $29.90 ↑ +212%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $29.90 ↑ +212%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $29.90 ↑ +212%
Aetna Medicare $29.90 ↑ +212%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $29.90 ↑ +212%
Humana Medicare $29.90 ↑ +212%
United Healthcare Medicare $30.50 ↑ +218%
Emblem Health Commercial $52.33 ↑ +446%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $59.50 ↑ +520%

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Collar cerv 18.25x3.5in serp firm density sm at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $12.67 $13.30 – $59.50
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $10.22 $29.90 – $59.80
Community Medical Center Toms River $10.00 $29.90 – $59.50
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $10.05 $13.69 – $59.50
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $10.02 $17.21 – $59.50
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $10.55 $29.90 – $59.50
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton Hamilton Township $11.07 $29.90 – $59.50
Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus Lakewood $11.46 $29.90 – $59.50

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