Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step cryptococcus neoformans 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

$14.76

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.

$31.00

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.

$4.32 with Aetna vs $54.74 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 $4.32 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Nexus $6.31 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $6.31 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Commercial $7.38 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $7.38 ↓ -50%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $10.23 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare Community Plan $11.28 ↓ -24%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $11.49 ↓ -22%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $13.42 ↓ -9%
Humana Medicare $13.42 ↓ -9%
Aetna Medicare $13.42 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $13.42 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $13.42 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $13.42 ↓ -9%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $13.42 ↓ -9%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $13.42 ↓ -9%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $13.42 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $13.42 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Medicare $13.69 ↓ -7%
Aetna PPO $16.51 ↑ +12%
Aetna HMO $16.51 ↑ +12%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $17.67 ↑ +20%
First Health Commercial $18.60 ↑ +26%
Emblem Health Commercial $23.49 ↑ +59%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $23.80 ↑ +61%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $25.38 ↑ +72%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $26.71 ↑ +81%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $27.20 ↑ +84%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $29.34 ↑ +99%
Amerihealth Local Value $29.34 ↑ +99%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $29.59 ↑ +100%
Cigna HMO $54.74 ↑ +271%
Cigna Local Plus $54.74 ↑ +271%
Cigna PPO $54.74 ↑ +271%

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Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step cryptococcus neoformans at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $14.76 $6.31 – $54.74
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $14.76 $6.31 – $54.74
Community Medical Center Toms River $14.76 $6.31 – $54.74
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $100.00 $10.74 – $11.06
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $14.76 $6.31 – $54.74
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $14.76 $6.31 – $54.74
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $14.76 $6.31 – $54.74
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $13.42 $13.42 – $61.50

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