Endoscopy swallow (fees) vid 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

$85.66

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.

$222.00

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.

$39.96 with CLOVER vs $216.05 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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $39.96 ↓ -53%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $41.51 ↓ -52%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $85.66 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $85.66 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $85.66 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $85.66 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $85.66 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $89.94 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $93.37 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $102.79 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $125.85 ↑ +47%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $130.76 ↑ +53%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $135.18 ↑ +58%
HORIZON PIP $143.19 ↑ +67%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $143.19 ↑ +67%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $145.43 ↑ +70%
HORIZON OMNIA $151.60 ↑ +77%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $166.50 ↑ +94%
QUALCARE HMO $172.49 ↑ +101%
QUALCARE PPO $172.49 ↑ +101%
AETNA ASA $173.83 ↑ +103%
CIGNA BH $177.60 ↑ +107%
HORIZON SHP $185.39 ↑ +116%
HORIZON HMO $187.21 ↑ +119%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $188.70 ↑ +120%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $189.90 ↑ +122%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $190.74 ↑ +123%
HORIZON PPO $191.63 ↑ +124%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $195.36 ↑ +128%
AETNA PPO $199.80 ↑ +133%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $199.80 ↑ +133%
AETNA HMO $199.80 ↑ +133%
CIGNA PPO $212.30 ↑ +148%
CIGNA HMO $212.30 ↑ +148%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $216.05 ↑ +152%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Endoscopy swallow (fees) vid at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $85.66 $68.53 – $4,221.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $85.66 $85.66 – $3,128.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $85.66 $85.66 – $3,343.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $85.66 $68.53 – $108.63
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $85.66 $85.66 – $826.00
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $85.66 $85.66 – $1,456.08
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $85.66 $85.66 – $108.63
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $85.66 $85.66 – $108.63

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