Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker at Bayshore Medical Center

727 North Beers St., Holmdel, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1760994412

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Dec 31, 2025 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$16.77

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.

$253.00

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.

$16.77 with CLOVER vs $76.85 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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.77 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.77 ↑ +0%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $16.77 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $16.77 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $16.77 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $16.77 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $16.77 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.61 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.28 ↑ +9%
QUALCARE HMO $19.34 ↑ +15%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $20.12 ↑ +20%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $23.75 ↑ +42%
HORIZON PIP $25.16 ↑ +50%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $25.16 ↑ +50%
HORIZON OMNIA $26.63 ↑ +59%
AETNA HMO $26.83 ↑ +60%
AETNA PPO $26.83 ↑ +60%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $29.25 ↑ +74%
QUALCARE PPO $30.30 ↑ +81%
AETNA ASA $30.54 ↑ +82%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $31.20 ↑ +86%
CIGNA BH $31.20 ↑ +86%
HORIZON SHP $32.57 ↑ +94%
HORIZON HMO $32.89 ↑ +96%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $33.15 ↑ +98%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $33.36 ↑ +99%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $33.51 ↑ +100%
HORIZON PPO $33.66 ↑ +101%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $34.32 ↑ +105%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $34.42 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $34.42 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $36.82 ↑ +120%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $37.95 ↑ +126%
CIGNA PPO $76.85 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $76.85 ↑ +358%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $16.77 $13.42 – $75.31
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $16.77 $11.22 – $76.85
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $16.77 $11.22 – $78.92
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $16.77 $13.42 – $76.85
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $16.77 $16.73 – $76.85
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $16.77 $16.77 – $76.85
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $16.77 $11.73 – $76.85
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