Exc sq tum/neck/ant thorax 3cm/> 21552 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

$3,167.89

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.

$6,526.00

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.

$1,070.26 with AETNA vs $10,105.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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 $1,070.26 ↓ -66%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,174.68 ↓ -63%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -62%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,220.36 ↓ -61%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,839.00 ↓ -42%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $3,167.89 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,167.89 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,167.89 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3,167.89 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,326.28 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,453.00 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $3,801.47 ↑ +20%
HORIZON PIP $4,209.27 ↑ +33%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $4,209.27 ↑ +33%
HORIZON OMNIA $4,456.61 ↑ +41%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $4,894.50 ↑ +55%
QUALCARE PPO $5,070.70 ↑ +60%
AETNA ASA $5,109.86 ↑ +61%
CIGNA BH $5,220.80 ↑ +65%
HORIZON SHP $5,449.86 ↑ +72%
HORIZON HMO $5,503.38 ↑ +74%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $5,547.10 ↑ +75%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $5,582.34 ↑ +76%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $5,607.14 ↑ +77%
HORIZON PPO $5,633.24 ↑ +78%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,742.88 ↑ +81%
CIGNA PPO $5,866.22 ↑ +85%
CIGNA HMO $5,866.22 ↑ +85%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +97%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $6,351.10 ↑ +100%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8,143.00 ↑ +157%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +166%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +166%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +214%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10,105.00 ↑ +219%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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