Cytopath smear other source 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

$27.11

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.

$127.00

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.

$20.83 with AETNA vs $123.60 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $20.83 ↓ -23%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $23.75 ↓ -12%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $27.11 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $27.11 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $27.11 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $27.11 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $28.46 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $29.55 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $32.53 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $45.72 ↑ +69%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $50.64 ↑ +87%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $50.64 ↑ +87%
QUALCARE HMO $62.99 ↑ +132%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $77.33 ↑ +185%
HORIZON PIP $81.92 ↑ +202%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $81.92 ↑ +202%
HORIZON OMNIA $86.73 ↑ +220%
AETNA HMO $87.38 ↑ +222%
AETNA PPO $87.38 ↑ +222%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $95.25 ↑ +251%
QUALCARE PPO $98.68 ↑ +264%
AETNA ASA $99.44 ↑ +267%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $101.60 ↑ +275%
CIGNA BH $101.60 ↑ +275%
HORIZON SHP $106.06 ↑ +291%
HORIZON HMO $107.10 ↑ +295%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $107.95 ↑ +298%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $108.64 ↑ +301%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $109.12 ↑ +303%
HORIZON PPO $109.63 ↑ +304%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $111.76 ↑ +312%
CIGNA PPO $121.45 ↑ +348%
CIGNA HMO $121.45 ↑ +348%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $123.60 ↑ +356%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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