Treatment inhalation continuous aerosol medication acute airway obstruction each additional hour 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

$51.11

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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.

$257.00

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.

$32.74 with United Healthcare vs $383.00 with United Healthcare — 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 $32.74 ↓ -36%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $33.35 ↓ -35%
Aetna Better Health $35.85 ↓ -30%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $108.11 ↑ +112%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $134.30 ↑ +163%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $137.62 ↑ +169%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $141.91 ↑ +178%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $146.49 ↑ +187%
Aetna PPO $151.63 ↑ +197%
Aetna HMO $151.63 ↑ +197%
First Health Commercial $154.20 ↑ +202%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $193.62 ↑ +279%
Amerihealth Local Value $193.62 ↑ +279%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $197.37 ↑ +286%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $210.48 ↑ +312%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $225.56 ↑ +341%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $245.33 ↑ +380%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $326.00 ↑ +538%
United Healthcare Nexus $326.00 ↑ +538%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $383.00 ↑ +649%
United Healthcare Commercial $383.00 ↑ +649%

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Treatment inhalation continuous aerosol medication acute airway obstruction each additional hour at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $68.65 $326.00 – $326.00
Community Medical Center Toms River $67.19 $326.00 – $326.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $67.48 $8.84 – $8.84
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $67.32 $11.11 – $326.00
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $70.89 $326.00 – $326.00
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton Hamilton Township $42.12 $326.00 – $326.00
Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus Lakewood $77.01 $326.00 – $326.00
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick $69.10 $326.00 – $326.00

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