Electrolyte panel 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

$7.01

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.

$119.00

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.

$7.01 with SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP vs $115.81 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
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $7.01 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.01 ↑ +0%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $7.01 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.01 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $7.01 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $7.01 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $7.01 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.36 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.64 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $8.41 ↑ +20%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $14.39 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $14.39 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $15.40 ↑ +120%
CIGNA PPO $32.12 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $32.12 ↑ +358%
QUALCARE HMO $59.02 ↑ +742%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $72.46 ↑ +934%
HORIZON PIP $76.76 ↑ +995%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $76.76 ↑ +995%
HORIZON OMNIA $81.27 ↑ +1059%
AETNA PPO $81.87 ↑ +1068%
AETNA HMO $81.87 ↑ +1068%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $89.25 ↑ +1173%
QUALCARE PPO $92.46 ↑ +1219%
AETNA ASA $93.18 ↑ +1229%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $95.20 ↑ +1258%
CIGNA BH $95.20 ↑ +1258%
HORIZON SHP $99.38 ↑ +1318%
HORIZON HMO $100.35 ↑ +1332%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $101.15 ↑ +1343%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $101.79 ↑ +1352%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $102.24 ↑ +1358%
HORIZON PPO $102.72 ↑ +1365%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $104.72 ↑ +1394%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $115.81 ↑ +1552%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Carrier Clinic Belle Mead $47.60 $17.26 – $17.26
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $7.01 $5.61 – $31.48
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Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $7.01 $5.61 – $32.12
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Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $7.01 $7.01 – $32.12
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $7.01 $7.01 – $32.12

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