Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation 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

$43.44

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.

$419.00

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.

$43.44 with VACCN vs $407.77 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
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $43.44 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $43.44 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $43.44 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $43.44 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $44.99 ↑ +4%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $45.62 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $47.35 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $52.13 ↑ +20%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $68.72 ↑ +58%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $69.46 ↑ +60%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $69.46 ↑ +60%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $78.35 ↑ +80%
QUALCARE HMO $207.82 ↑ +378%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $255.13 ↑ +487%
HORIZON PIP $270.26 ↑ +522%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $270.26 ↑ +522%
HORIZON OMNIA $286.14 ↑ +559%
AETNA HMO $288.27 ↑ +564%
AETNA PPO $288.27 ↑ +564%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $314.25 ↑ +623%
QUALCARE PPO $325.56 ↑ +649%
AETNA ASA $328.08 ↑ +655%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $335.20 ↑ +672%
CIGNA BH $335.20 ↑ +672%
HORIZON SHP $349.91 ↑ +706%
HORIZON HMO $353.34 ↑ +713%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $356.15 ↑ +720%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $358.41 ↑ +725%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $360.00 ↑ +729%
HORIZON PPO $361.68 ↑ +733%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $368.72 ↑ +749%
CIGNA PPO $400.69 ↑ +822%
CIGNA HMO $400.69 ↑ +822%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $407.77 ↑ +839%
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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Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $46.22 $17.84 – $145.56
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $42.90 $13.20 – $138.71
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Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $43.44 $43.44 – $138.71
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $46.22 $19.68 – $145.56
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $43.48 $43.48 – $145.56
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