Sweat collection by iontophoresis 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

$38.38

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.

$193.00

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.

$2.59 with United Healthcare vs $184.23 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
United Healthcare Community Plan $2.59 ↓ -93%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $2.64 ↓ -93%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $3.41 ↓ -91%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $3.41 ↓ -91%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $3.41 ↓ -91%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $3.41 ↓ -91%
Aetna HMO $4.15 ↓ -89%
Aetna PPO $4.15 ↓ -89%
Cigna Local Plus $11.86 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO $11.86 ↓ -69%
Cigna HMO $11.86 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $23.57 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare Nexus $23.57 ↓ -39%
Aetna Better Health $26.92 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare Commercial $27.21 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $27.21 ↓ -29%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $46.53 ↑ +21%
Amerihealth Local Value $46.53 ↑ +21%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $48.94 ↑ +28%
Aetna Medicare $59.94 ↑ +56%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $59.94 ↑ +56%
Humana Medicare $59.94 ↑ +56%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $59.94 ↑ +56%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $59.94 ↑ +56%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $59.94 ↑ +56%
United Healthcare Medicare $61.14 ↑ +59%
Emblem Health Commercial $104.90 ↑ +173%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $110.01 ↑ +187%
First Health Commercial $115.80 ↑ +202%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $119.28 ↑ +211%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $148.22 ↑ +286%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $158.06 ↑ +312%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $169.39 ↑ +341%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $184.23 ↑ +380%

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Sweat collection by iontophoresis at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $77.97 $2.59 – $119.88
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $115.00 $2.47 – $2.54
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $76.65 $2.59 – $119.88
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $75.92 $2.59 – $117.69
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $59.14 $9.06 – $102.13
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $62.92 $5.84 – $66.07
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $58.39 $2.33 – $58.39
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $59.19 $2.33 – $108.48

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