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Bone Density Scan (DEXA) at Bayshore Medical Center
727 North Beers St., Holmdel, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1760994412
$117.70
Cash price 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.
$935.00
Gross charge 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.
$86.67 with AETNA vs $822.80 with QUALCARE — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| AETNA | PPO | $86.67 | ↓ -26% |
| AETNA | HMO | $86.67 | ↓ -26% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $102.29 | ↓ -13% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $102.29 | ↓ -13% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $117.70 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $117.70 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $117.70 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $117.70 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $123.59 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $128.30 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $141.24 | ↑ +20% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $144.19 | ↑ +23% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $153.16 | ↑ +30% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $153.34 | ↑ +30% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $155.81 | ↑ +32% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $168.30 | ↑ +43% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $174.85 | ↑ +49% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $295.04 | ↑ +151% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $295.04 | ↑ +151% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $463.76 | ↑ +294% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $569.32 | ↑ +384% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $603.08 | ↑ +412% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $603.08 | ↑ +412% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $638.51 | ↑ +442% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $701.25 | ↑ +496% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $726.50 | ↑ +517% |
| AETNA | ASA | $732.11 | ↑ +522% |
| CIGNA | BH | $748.00 | ↑ +536% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $748.00 | ↑ +536% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $780.82 | ↑ +563% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $788.49 | ↑ +570% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $794.75 | ↑ +575% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $799.80 | ↑ +580% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $807.09 | ↑ +586% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $822.80 | ↑ +599% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
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Bone Density Scan (DEXA) at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $125.23 | $75.52 – $1,043.41 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $116.22 | $71.80 – $946.40 |