Liver imaging 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

$396.80

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.

$1,995.00

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.

$87.17 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $2,010.06 with United Healthcare — 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 $87.17 ↓ -78%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $162.55 ↓ -59%
Amerihealth Local Value $162.55 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Community Plan $254.16 ↓ -36%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $258.95 ↓ -35%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $271.07 ↓ -32%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $271.07 ↓ -32%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $271.07 ↓ -32%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $271.07 ↓ -32%
Aetna Better Health $278.30 ↓ -30%
Aetna HMO $433.21 ↑ +9%
Aetna PPO $433.21 ↑ +9%
Humana Medicare $603.90 ↑ +52%
Aetna Medicare $603.90 ↑ +52%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $603.90 ↑ +52%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $603.90 ↑ +52%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $603.90 ↑ +52%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $603.90 ↑ +52%
United Healthcare Medicare $615.98 ↑ +55%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $676.03 ↑ +70%
United Healthcare Nexus $676.03 ↑ +70%
Cigna Local Plus $817.25 ↑ +106%
Cigna PPO $817.25 ↑ +106%
Cigna HMO $817.25 ↑ +106%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $828.00 ↑ +109%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $866.00 ↑ +118%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,056.83 ↑ +166%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $1,137.15 ↑ +187%
First Health Commercial $1,197.00 ↑ +202%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $1,201.76 ↑ +203%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,751.01 ↑ +341%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,904.42 ↑ +380%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,010.06 ↑ +407%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,010.06 ↑ +407%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $422.74 $87.17 – $1,207.80
Community Medical Center Toms River $413.76 $87.17 – $1,170.64
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $436.50 $87.17 – $1,185.62
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $595.79 $177.13 – $1,325.05
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $633.90 $79.02 – $1,513.47
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $588.26 $177.13 – $1,325.05
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $596.31 $206.32 – $1,403.35
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $595.79 $177.13 – $1,503.68

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