Chrom analysis 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

$34.81

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.

$1,858.00

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.

$33.23 with QUALCARE vs $159.51 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
QUALCARE HMO $33.23 ↓ -5%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $34.81 ↑ +0%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $34.81 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $34.81 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $34.81 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $34.81 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $34.81 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $34.81 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $36.55 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $37.94 ↑ +9%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $40.80 ↑ +17%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $41.77 ↑ +20%
HORIZON PIP $43.22 ↑ +24%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $43.22 ↑ +24%
HORIZON OMNIA $45.75 ↑ +31%
AETNA PPO $46.10 ↑ +32%
AETNA HMO $46.10 ↑ +32%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $50.25 ↑ +44%
QUALCARE PPO $52.06 ↑ +50%
AETNA ASA $52.46 ↑ +51%
CIGNA BH $53.60 ↑ +54%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $53.60 ↑ +54%
HORIZON SHP $55.95 ↑ +61%
HORIZON HMO $56.50 ↑ +62%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $56.95 ↑ +64%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $57.31 ↑ +65%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $57.57 ↑ +65%
HORIZON PPO $57.83 ↑ +66%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $58.96 ↑ +69%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $65.20 ↑ +87%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $70.52 ↑ +103%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $71.45 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $71.45 ↑ +105%
CIGNA HMO $159.51 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $159.51 ↑ +358%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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