MRI orbit/face/neck without & w/contrast 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

$845.52

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.

$4,251.00

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.

$326.00 with Cigna vs $4,058.00 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
Cigna Local Plus $326.00 ↓ -61%
Humana Medicare $400.67 ↓ -53%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $400.67 ↓ -53%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $400.67 ↓ -53%
Aetna Medicare $400.67 ↓ -53%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $400.67 ↓ -53%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $400.67 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $408.68 ↓ -52%
Cigna HMO $414.00 ↓ -51%
Cigna PPO $436.00 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Nexus $493.70 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $493.70 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Community Plan $541.57 ↓ -36%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $551.77 ↓ -35%
Aetna Better Health $593.01 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare Commercial $603.32 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $603.32 ↓ -29%
Aetna HMO $677.66 ↓ -20%
Aetna PPO $677.66 ↓ -20%
Emblem Health Commercial $701.17 ↓ -17%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $797.33 ↓ -6%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $802.63 ↓ -5%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $1,078.97 ↑ +28%
Amerihealth Local Value $1,078.97 ↑ +28%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $1,146.51 ↑ +36%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $1,146.51 ↑ +36%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,146.51 ↑ +36%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $1,146.51 ↑ +36%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $2,072.00 ↑ +145%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $2,166.00 ↑ +156%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $2,423.07 ↑ +187%
First Health Commercial $2,550.60 ↑ +202%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $3,731.10 ↑ +341%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $4,058.00 ↑ +380%

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MRI orbit/face/neck without & w/contrast at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $880.12 $181.09 – $1,452.87
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $1,016.69 $400.67 – $2,072.00
Community Medical Center Toms River $972.49 $326.00 – $2,072.00
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $2,209.00 $489.41 – $489.41
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $999.42 $186.42 – $2,072.00
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $974.37 $234.35 – $2,010.00
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $1,025.95 $326.00 – $2,072.00
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $395.29 $395.29 – $4,332.00

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