Parathyroid planar imaging 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

$278.65

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.

$1,401.00

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.

$60.68 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $1,337.39 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 $60.68 ↓ -78%
Amerihealth Local Value $137.32 ↓ -51%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $137.32 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Community Plan $178.48 ↓ -36%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $181.84 ↓ -35%
Aetna Better Health $195.43 ↓ -30%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $220.55 ↓ -21%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $220.55 ↓ -21%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $220.55 ↓ -21%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $220.55 ↓ -21%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $450.82 ↑ +62%
Aetna Medicare $450.82 ↑ +62%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $450.82 ↑ +62%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $450.82 ↑ +62%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $450.82 ↑ +62%
Humana Medicare $450.82 ↑ +62%
United Healthcare Medicare $459.84 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $520.83 ↑ +87%
United Healthcare Nexus $520.83 ↑ +87%
United Healthcare Commercial $581.65 ↑ +109%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $581.65 ↑ +109%
Aetna PPO $635.59 ↑ +128%
Aetna HMO $635.59 ↑ +128%
Emblem Health Commercial $788.94 ↑ +183%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $798.57 ↑ +187%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $828.00 ↑ +197%
First Health Commercial $840.60 ↑ +202%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $866.00 ↑ +211%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $897.13 ↑ +222%
Cigna Local Plus $1,209.58 ↑ +334%
Cigna HMO $1,209.58 ↑ +334%
Cigna PPO $1,209.58 ↑ +334%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,229.65 ↑ +341%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,337.39 ↑ +380%

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Parathyroid planar imaging at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $455.73 $96.20 – $1,209.58
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $451.77 $60.68 – $1,209.58
Community Medical Center Toms River $503.56 $60.68 – $1,209.58
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $444.09 $60.68 – $1,209.58
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $504.53 $60.68 – $1,209.58
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $531.24 $60.68 – $1,209.58
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $444.77 $194.93 – $1,021.05
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $473.22 $55.01 – $1,166.24

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