Interrogate subq defib 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

$17.50

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.

$88.00

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.

$11.21 with United Healthcare vs $84.00 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 $11.21 ↓ -36%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $11.42 ↓ -35%
Aetna Better Health $12.27 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $25.66 ↑ +47%
United Healthcare Nexus $25.66 ↑ +47%
United Healthcare Commercial $30.18 ↑ +72%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $30.18 ↑ +72%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $37.02 ↑ +112%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $41.84 ↑ +139%
Humana Medicare $41.84 ↑ +139%
Aetna Medicare $41.84 ↑ +139%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $41.84 ↑ +139%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $41.84 ↑ +139%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $41.84 ↑ +139%
United Healthcare Medicare $42.68 ↑ +144%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $45.98 ↑ +163%
Cigna Local Plus $46.31 ↑ +165%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $47.12 ↑ +169%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $48.59 ↑ +178%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $50.16 ↑ +187%
Aetna PPO $51.92 ↑ +197%
Aetna HMO $51.92 ↑ +197%
First Health Commercial $52.80 ↑ +202%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $56.76 ↑ +224%
Cigna HMO $58.85 ↑ +236%
Cigna PPO $61.98 ↑ +254%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $66.29 ↑ +279%
Amerihealth Local Value $66.29 ↑ +279%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $67.58 ↑ +286%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $72.07 ↑ +312%
Emblem Health Commercial $73.22 ↑ +318%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $77.23 ↑ +341%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $83.26 ↑ +376%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $84.00 ↑ +380%

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Interrogate subq defib at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $27.33 $41.84 – $83.68
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $26.87 $36.78 – $83.68
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $44.88 $43.91 – $87.38
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $41.27 $41.27 – $49.53
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $43.91 $35.13 – $2,033.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $40.75 $37.29 – $116.75
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $41.31 $37.29 – $1,042.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $41.27 $41.27 – $116.75

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