Mayo nickel 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

$26.96

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.

$105.00

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.

$11.52 with United Healthcare vs $100.23 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 Nexus $11.52 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $11.52 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Commercial $13.48 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $13.48 ↓ -50%
Aetna Better Health $14.64 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Community Plan $20.59 ↓ -24%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $20.98 ↓ -22%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $24.51 ↓ -9%
Humana Medicare $24.51 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $24.51 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $24.51 ↓ -9%
Aetna Medicare $24.51 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $24.51 ↓ -9%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $24.51 ↓ -9%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $24.51 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $24.51 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $24.51 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Medicare $25.00 ↓ -7%
Aetna HMO $30.15 ↑ +12%
Aetna PPO $30.15 ↑ +12%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $31.16 ↑ +16%
Emblem Health Commercial $42.89 ↑ +59%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $48.77 ↑ +81%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $51.54 ↑ +91%
Amerihealth Local Value $51.54 ↑ +91%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $59.85 ↑ +122%
First Health Commercial $63.00 ↑ +134%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $80.64 ↑ +199%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $85.99 ↑ +219%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $92.15 ↑ +242%
Cigna Local Plus $100.14 ↑ +271%
Cigna HMO $100.14 ↑ +271%
Cigna PPO $100.14 ↑ +271%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $100.23 ↑ +272%

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Mayo nickel at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $26.96 $11.52 – $100.14
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $26.96 $11.52 – $100.14
Community Medical Center Toms River $26.96 $11.52 – $100.14
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $26.96 $11.52 – $100.14
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $26.96 $11.52 – $100.14
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $26.96 $11.52 – $100.14
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $24.51 $24.51 – $112.31
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $24.51 $19.61 – $110.06

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