Critical care 30-74 minutes 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

$1,096.33

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.

$5,512.00

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.

$702.22 with United Healthcare vs $5,261.75 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
United Healthcare Community Plan $702.22 ↓ -36%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $715.45 ↓ -35%
Aetna Better Health $768.92 ↓ -30%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $874.00 ↓ -20%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $945.34 ↓ -14%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $945.34 ↓ -14%
Humana Medicare $945.34 ↓ -14%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $945.34 ↓ -14%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $945.34 ↓ -14%
Aetna Medicare $945.34 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Medicare $964.25 ↓ -12%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,107.00 ↑ +1%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,151.00 ↑ +5%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $1,426.00 ↑ +30%
Cigna Local Plus $1,465.00 ↑ +34%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $1,493.00 ↑ +36%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,654.35 ↑ +51%
United Healthcare Nexus $1,753.00 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $1,757.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna HMO $1,840.00 ↑ +68%
Aetna PPO $1,840.00 ↑ +68%
Cigna HMO $1,862.00 ↑ +70%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $1,881.23 ↑ +72%
Amerihealth Local Value $1,918.00 ↑ +75%
Cigna PPO $1,961.00 ↑ +79%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $2,009.00 ↑ +83%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,062.00 ↑ +88%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $2,072.00 ↑ +89%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $2,154.00 ↑ +96%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $3,141.84 ↑ +187%
First Health Commercial $3,307.20 ↑ +202%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $4,233.21 ↑ +286%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $4,514.32 ↑ +312%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $5,261.75 ↑ +380%

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Critical care 30-74 minutes at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $1,044.73 $144.26 – $1,862.00
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $1,223.72 $945.34 – $2,179.00
Community Medical Center Toms River $1,154.38 $920.87 – $1,976.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $1,202.93 $148.50 – $1,890.68
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $1,156.61 $186.69 – $1,974.70
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $1,217.84 $932.65 – $1,855.97
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $932.65 $932.65 – $1,522.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $992.31 $355.15 – $1,522.00

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