Noninv pace analysis 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

$98.05

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$493.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$62.80 with United Healthcare vs $1,113.00 with United Healthcare — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
United Healthcare Community Plan $62.80 ↓ -36%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $63.99 ↓ -35%
Aetna Better Health $68.77 ↓ -30%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $207.40 ↑ +112%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $257.64 ↑ +163%
Cigna Local Plus $259.46 ↑ +165%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $264.00 ↑ +169%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $272.23 ↑ +178%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $276.36 ↑ +182%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $281.01 ↑ +187%
Aetna HMO $290.87 ↑ +197%
Aetna PPO $290.87 ↑ +197%
First Health Commercial $295.80 ↑ +202%
Cigna HMO $329.71 ↑ +236%
Humana Medicare $336.48 ↑ +243%
Aetna Medicare $336.48 ↑ +243%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $336.48 ↑ +243%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $336.48 ↑ +243%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $336.48 ↑ +243%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $336.48 ↑ +243%
United Healthcare Medicare $343.21 ↑ +250%
Cigna PPO $347.26 ↑ +254%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $371.42 ↑ +279%
Amerihealth Local Value $371.42 ↑ +279%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $378.62 ↑ +286%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $403.76 ↑ +312%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $432.70 ↑ +341%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $470.61 ↑ +380%
Emblem Health Commercial $588.84 ↑ +501%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $669.60 ↑ +583%
United Healthcare Nexus $946.00 ↑ +865%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $946.00 ↑ +865%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $1,113.00 ↑ +1035%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,113.00 ↑ +1035%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Noninv pace analysis at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $135.82 $279.73 – $672.96
Community Medical Center Toms River $213.62 $286.47 – $652.26
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $133.52 $144.36 – $672.96
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $225.36 $331.96 – $660.60
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $331.96 $298.47 – $361.83
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $353.19 $282.55 – $474.60
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $327.77 $298.47 – $580.45
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $332.25 $299.91 – $580.45

All New-jersey hospitals for this procedure →