Contrast x-ray gallbladder 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

$197.04

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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$825.00

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.

$55.36 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $726.00 with QUALCARE — same scan, same building. Share

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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
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $55.36 ↓ -72%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $87.52 ↓ -56%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $89.03 ↓ -55%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $135.30 ↓ -31%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $148.50 ↓ -25%
AETNA HMO $151.53 ↓ -23%
AETNA PPO $151.53 ↓ -23%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $154.28 ↓ -22%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $197.04 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $197.04 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $197.04 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $197.04 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $206.90 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $214.78 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $236.45 ↑ +20%
CIGNA PPO $261.60 ↑ +33%
CIGNA HMO $261.60 ↑ +33%
QUALCARE HMO $409.20 ↑ +108%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $483.42 ↑ +145%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $483.42 ↑ +145%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $502.34 ↑ +155%
HORIZON PIP $532.13 ↑ +170%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $532.13 ↑ +170%
HORIZON OMNIA $563.39 ↑ +186%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $618.75 ↑ +214%
QUALCARE PPO $641.03 ↑ +225%
AETNA ASA $645.98 ↑ +228%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $660.00 ↑ +235%
CIGNA BH $660.00 ↑ +235%
HORIZON SHP $688.96 ↑ +250%
HORIZON HMO $695.72 ↑ +253%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $701.25 ↑ +256%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $705.71 ↑ +258%
HORIZON PPO $712.14 ↑ +261%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $726.00 ↑ +268%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Contrast x-ray gallbladder at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $209.65 $52.03 – $552.17
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $194.55 $55.36 – $261.60
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $197.21 $78.26 – $511.99
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $197.04 $55.36 – $261.60
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $209.65 $57.40 – $483.42
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $197.21 $55.36 – $483.42
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $197.04 $49.00 – $483.42
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $194.55 $55.36 – $261.60

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