Assay of galactose 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

$11.20

Cash price

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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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$934.00

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.

$11.20 with SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP vs $134.30 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 $11.20 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.20 ↑ +0%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $11.20 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.20 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $11.20 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $11.20 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $11.20 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.76 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.21 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $13.44 ↑ +20%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $22.99 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $22.99 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $24.57 ↑ +119%
CIGNA PPO $51.32 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $51.32 ↑ +358%
QUALCARE HMO $68.45 ↑ +511%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $84.03 ↑ +650%
HORIZON PIP $89.01 ↑ +695%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $89.01 ↑ +695%
HORIZON OMNIA $94.24 ↑ +741%
AETNA PPO $94.94 ↑ +748%
AETNA HMO $94.94 ↑ +748%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $103.50 ↑ +824%
QUALCARE PPO $107.23 ↑ +857%
AETNA ASA $108.05 ↑ +865%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $110.40 ↑ +886%
CIGNA BH $110.40 ↑ +886%
HORIZON SHP $115.24 ↑ +929%
HORIZON HMO $116.38 ↑ +939%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $117.30 ↑ +947%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $118.05 ↑ +954%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $118.57 ↑ +959%
HORIZON PPO $119.12 ↑ +964%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $121.44 ↑ +984%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $134.30 ↑ +1099%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Assay of galactose at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $11.20 $8.96 – $50.29
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $11.20 $11.20 – $51.32
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $11.20 $11.20 – $52.71
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $11.20 $8.96 – $51.32
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $11.20 $11.20 – $51.32
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $11.20 $11.20 – $51.32
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $11.20 $11.20 – $51.32
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $11.20 $11.20 – $51.32

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