Injection(s) anesthetic agent(s)/steroid lumb/s transforaminal epidural w/img single (both sides) 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

$3,986.00

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.

$3,935.00

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.

$229.45 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $4,294.00 with Aetna — 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
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $229.45 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Community Plan $501.31 ↓ -87%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $510.76 ↓ -87%
Aetna Better Health $548.93 ↓ -86%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $998.83 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare $998.83 ↓ -75%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $998.83 ↓ -75%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $998.83 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare $998.83 ↓ -75%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $998.83 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,018.81 ↓ -74%
Cigna Local Plus $1,479.00 ↓ -63%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,655.45 ↓ -58%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,747.95 ↓ -56%
Cigna HMO $1,879.00 ↓ -53%
Cigna PPO $1,979.00 ↓ -50%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $1,987.67 ↓ -50%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $2,056.43 ↓ -48%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $2,107.19 ↓ -47%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $2,172.90 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,255.00 ↓ -43%
First Health Commercial $2,361.00 ↓ -41%
Amerihealth Local Value $2,547.91 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,647.00 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,653.00 ↓ -33%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $2,699.00 ↓ -32%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $3,103.53 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,114.00 ↓ -22%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $3,222.76 ↓ -19%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $3,266.00 ↓ -18%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $3,453.74 ↓ -13%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $3,756.35 ↓ -6%
Aetna HMO $4,294.00 ↑ +8%
Aetna PPO $4,294.00 ↑ +8%

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Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $127.81 – $1,945.96
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