Hdr rdncl ntrstl/icav brchtx 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

$842.93

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.

$4,238.00

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.

$539.92 with United Healthcare vs $4,045.59 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 $539.92 ↓ -36%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $550.09 ↓ -35%
Aetna Better Health $591.20 ↓ -30%
Aetna Medicare $778.40 ↓ -8%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $778.40 ↓ -8%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $778.40 ↓ -8%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $778.40 ↓ -8%
Humana Medicare $778.40 ↓ -8%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $778.40 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Medicare $793.97 ↓ -6%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $874.00 ↑ +4%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,362.20 ↑ +62%
Cigna Local Plus $1,440.00 ↑ +71%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $1,549.02 ↑ +84%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,782.92 ↑ +112%
Cigna HMO $1,830.00 ↑ +117%
Cigna PPO $1,927.00 ↑ +129%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $2,214.77 ↑ +163%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $2,269.44 ↑ +169%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $2,340.22 ↑ +178%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $2,415.66 ↑ +187%
First Health Commercial $2,542.80 ↑ +202%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,568.00 ↑ +205%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,568.00 ↑ +205%
Amerihealth Local Value $2,663.00 ↑ +216%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $2,663.00 ↑ +216%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $3,021.00 ↑ +258%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,021.00 ↑ +258%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $3,254.78 ↑ +286%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $3,470.92 ↑ +312%
Aetna PPO $3,679.73 ↑ +337%
Aetna HMO $3,679.73 ↑ +337%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $3,719.69 ↑ +341%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $4,045.59 ↑ +380%

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Hdr rdncl ntrstl/icav brchtx at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $1,536.51 $314.80 – $2,530.57
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $2,062.84 $778.40 – $2,790.00
Community Medical Center Toms River $1,697.77 $758.25 – $2,661.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $2,027.80 $324.06 – $2,663.00
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $1,791.09 $767.95 – $1,715.00
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $767.95 $767.95 – $2,774.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $817.07 $494.49 – $3,250.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $758.25 $293.00 – $2,630.00

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