New Patient Office Visit (level 2) 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

$77.76

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.

$391.00

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.

$42.02 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $373.24 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
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $42.02 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Community Plan $49.81 ↓ -36%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $50.75 ↓ -35%
Aetna Better Health $54.54 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $114.01 ↑ +47%
United Healthcare Nexus $114.01 ↑ +47%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $134.11 ↑ +72%
United Healthcare Commercial $134.11 ↑ +72%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $164.49 ↑ +112%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $204.33 ↑ +163%
Cigna Local Plus $205.78 ↑ +165%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $209.38 ↑ +169%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $215.91 ↑ +178%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $222.87 ↑ +187%
Aetna HMO $230.69 ↑ +197%
Aetna PPO $230.69 ↑ +197%
First Health Commercial $234.60 ↑ +202%
Cigna HMO $261.50 ↑ +236%
Cigna PPO $275.42 ↑ +254%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $294.57 ↑ +279%
Amerihealth Local Value $294.57 ↑ +279%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $300.28 ↑ +286%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $320.22 ↑ +312%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $343.18 ↑ +341%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $373.24 ↑ +380%

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New Patient Office Visit (level 2) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $73.39 $38.57 – $42.02
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $82.85 $42.02 – $42.02
Community Medical Center Toms River $81.09 $42.02 – $42.02
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $255.50 $114.91 – $114.91
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $81.44 $39.70 – $42.02
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $81.24 $42.02 – $49.91
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $85.55 $42.02 – $42.02
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton Hamilton Township $64.08 $42.02 – $42.02

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