MRI chest w IV cont at Clara Maass Medical Center
1 Clara Maass Dr, Belleville, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1902901333
$706.09
Cash price 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.
$3,550.00
Gross charge 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.
$326.00 with Cigna vs $3,388.83 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Cigna | Local Plus | $326.00 | ↓ -54% |
| Cigna | HMO | $414.00 | ↓ -41% |
| Cigna | PPO | $436.00 | ↓ -38% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $452.27 | ↓ -36% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $460.79 | ↓ -35% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $488.72 | ↓ -31% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $495.22 | ↓ -30% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $770.69 | ↑ +9% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $770.69 | ↑ +9% |
| Aetna | HMO | $831.53 | ↑ +18% |
| Aetna | PPO | $831.53 | ↑ +18% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Advantage | $886.38 | ↑ +26% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $886.38 | ↑ +26% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $886.38 | ↑ +26% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $886.38 | ↑ +26% |
| Humana | Medicare | $886.38 | ↑ +26% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Medicare Advantage | $886.38 | ↑ +26% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $904.11 | ↑ +28% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $970.37 | ↑ +37% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $970.37 | ↑ +37% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $970.37 | ↑ +37% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $970.37 | ↑ +37% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $992.61 | ↑ +41% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $992.61 | ↑ +41% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $1,075.70 | ↑ +52% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $1,075.70 | ↑ +52% |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | $1,551.17 | ↑ +120% |
| Wellcare | Ambetter Health Commercial | $1,763.90 | ↑ +150% |
| Wellpoint | NJ Family Care | $2,023.50 | ↑ +187% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS | $2,072.00 | ↑ +193% |
| First Health | Commercial | $2,130.00 | ↑ +202% |
| Qualcare Inc | PPO/WC | $2,166.00 | ↑ +207% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $3,115.83 | ↑ +341% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $3,388.83 | ↑ +380% |
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MRI chest w IV cont at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $714.76 | $200.48 – $1,726.88 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $789.77 | $326.00 – $2,072.00 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $773.00 | $206.38 – $2,072.00 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $791.30 | $259.45 – $2,010.00 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $833.19 | $326.00 – $2,072.00 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $874.49 | $874.49 – $4,332.00 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $930.42 | $443.04 – $4,332.00 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $863.44 | $650.00 – $4,332.00 |