Contrast x-ray of ankle 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

$395.29

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$1,101.00

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.

$157.85 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $1,071.49 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

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 $157.85 ↓ -60%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $180.56 ↓ -54%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $198.18 ↓ -50%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $205.89 ↓ -48%
AETNA PPO $215.40 ↓ -46%
AETNA HMO $215.40 ↓ -46%
CIGNA HMO $393.73 ↓ -0%
CIGNA PPO $393.73 ↓ -0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $395.29 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $395.29 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $395.29 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $395.29 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $415.06 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $430.87 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $474.35 ↑ +20%
QUALCARE HMO $546.10 ↑ +38%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $670.40 ↑ +70%
HORIZON PIP $710.15 ↑ +80%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $710.15 ↑ +80%
HORIZON OMNIA $751.87 ↑ +90%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $825.75 ↑ +109%
QUALCARE PPO $855.48 ↑ +116%
AETNA ASA $862.08 ↑ +118%
CIGNA BH $880.80 ↑ +123%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $880.80 ↑ +123%
HORIZON SHP $919.45 ↑ +133%
HORIZON HMO $928.47 ↑ +135%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $935.85 ↑ +137%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $941.80 ↑ +138%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $945.98 ↑ +139%
HORIZON PPO $950.38 ↑ +140%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $968.88 ↑ +145%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $996.68 ↑ +152%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $996.68 ↑ +152%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,071.49 ↑ +171%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Contrast x-ray of ankle at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $420.58 $59.94 – $1,138.41
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $390.30 $157.85 – $393.73
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $395.64 $248.78 – $1,055.58
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $395.29 $157.85 – $1,131.05
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $420.58 $66.12 – $996.68
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $395.64 $90.72 – $996.68
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $395.29 $56.45 – $996.68
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $390.30 $157.85 – $409.82

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