Assay of feces porphyrins 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

$39.11

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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.

$290.00

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.

$39.11 with SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP vs $282.23 with AMERIHEALTH — 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
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $39.11 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $39.11 ↑ +0%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $39.11 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $39.11 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $39.11 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $39.11 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $39.11 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $41.07 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $42.63 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $46.93 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $55.91 ↑ +43%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $80.27 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $80.27 ↑ +105%
QUALCARE HMO $143.84 ↑ +268%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $176.58 ↑ +351%
CIGNA PPO $179.22 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $179.22 ↑ +358%
HORIZON PIP $187.05 ↑ +378%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $187.05 ↑ +378%
HORIZON OMNIA $198.04 ↑ +406%
AETNA PPO $199.52 ↑ +410%
AETNA HMO $199.52 ↑ +410%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $217.50 ↑ +456%
QUALCARE PPO $225.33 ↑ +476%
AETNA ASA $227.07 ↑ +481%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $232.00 ↑ +493%
CIGNA BH $232.00 ↑ +493%
HORIZON SHP $242.18 ↑ +519%
HORIZON HMO $244.56 ↑ +525%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $246.50 ↑ +530%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $248.07 ↑ +534%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $249.17 ↑ +537%
HORIZON PPO $250.33 ↑ +540%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $255.20 ↑ +553%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $282.23 ↑ +622%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $39.11 $31.29 – $175.62
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