(both sides) smear without diff wbc count 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

$3.43

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.

$144.00

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.

$3.43 with SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP vs $140.14 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 $3.43 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.43 ↑ +0%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $3.43 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.43 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3.43 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $3.43 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $3.43 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.60 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.74 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $4.12 ↑ +20%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $7.04 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $7.04 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $7.56 ↑ +120%
CIGNA PPO $15.72 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $15.72 ↑ +358%
QUALCARE HMO $71.42 ↑ +1982%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $87.68 ↑ +2456%
HORIZON PIP $92.88 ↑ +2608%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $92.88 ↑ +2608%
HORIZON OMNIA $98.34 ↑ +2767%
AETNA PPO $99.07 ↑ +2788%
AETNA HMO $99.07 ↑ +2788%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $108.00 ↑ +3049%
QUALCARE PPO $111.89 ↑ +3162%
AETNA ASA $112.75 ↑ +3187%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $115.20 ↑ +3259%
CIGNA BH $115.20 ↑ +3259%
HORIZON SHP $120.25 ↑ +3406%
HORIZON HMO $121.44 ↑ +3441%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $122.40 ↑ +3469%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $123.18 ↑ +3491%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $123.72 ↑ +3507%
HORIZON PPO $124.30 ↑ +3524%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $126.72 ↑ +3594%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $140.14 ↑ +3986%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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(both sides) smear without diff wbc count at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $3.43 $1.78 – $15.40
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $3.43 $1.32 – $15.72
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $3.43 $1.32 – $16.14
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $3.43 $2.74 – $15.72
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $3.43 $1.97 – $15.72
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $3.43 $3.43 – $15.72
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $3.43 $1.38 – $15.72
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $3.43 $3.43 – $15.72

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