Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj crv-thr w/img ini 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

$3,986.00

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.

$9,606.00

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.

$1,223.80 with United Healthcare vs $9,392.00 with Cigna — 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
United Healthcare Community Plan $1,223.80 ↓ -69%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $1,246.85 ↓ -69%
Aetna Better Health $1,340.03 ↓ -66%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $1,699.79 ↓ -57%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $3,266.00 ↓ -18%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $3,640.19 ↓ -9%
Humana Medicare $3,640.19 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $3,640.19 ↓ -9%
Aetna Medicare $3,640.19 ↓ -9%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $3,640.19 ↓ -9%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $3,640.19 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,712.99 ↓ -7%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $4,041.24 ↑ +1%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $4,332.00 ↑ +9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $5,020.09 ↑ +26%
United Healthcare Nexus $5,085.00 ↑ +28%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $5,097.00 ↑ +28%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $5,144.01 ↑ +29%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $5,304.43 ↑ +33%
First Health Commercial $5,763.60 ↑ +45%
United Healthcare Commercial $5,982.00 ↑ +50%
Emblem Health Commercial $6,370.33 ↑ +60%
Aetna HMO $6,871.00 ↑ +72%
Aetna PPO $6,871.00 ↑ +72%
Cigna Local Plus $7,018.00 ↑ +76%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $7,243.98 ↑ +82%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $8,431.18 ↑ +112%
Cigna HMO $8,917.00 ↑ +124%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $9,169.88 ↑ +130%
Cigna PPO $9,392.00 ↑ +136%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC not published by hospital
Amerihealth Regional Preferred not published by hospital
Amerihealth Local Value not published by hospital
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS not published by hospital

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Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj crv-thr w/img ini at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $928.46 – $7,091.94
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $1,720.52 – $7,280.38
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $1,761.98 – $7,056.48
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $955.76 – $7,280.38
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $1,201.53 – $7,603.89
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $3,399.59 – $7,146.75
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $3,591.33 $3,591.33 – $4,309.59
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $3,821.05 $904.20 – $4,012.10

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