Homovanillic acid (hva) 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

$22.41

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.

$161.00

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.

$22.41 with SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP vs $102.69 with CIGNA — 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 $22.41 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $22.41 ↑ +0%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $22.41 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $22.41 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $22.41 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $22.41 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $22.41 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $23.53 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $24.43 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $26.89 ↑ +20%
QUALCARE HMO $37.70 ↑ +68%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $42.48 ↑ +90%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $46.00 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $46.00 ↑ +105%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $46.28 ↑ +107%
HORIZON PIP $49.02 ↑ +119%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $49.02 ↑ +119%
HORIZON OMNIA $51.90 ↑ +132%
AETNA HMO $52.29 ↑ +133%
AETNA PPO $52.29 ↑ +133%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $57.00 ↑ +154%
QUALCARE PPO $59.05 ↑ +163%
AETNA ASA $59.51 ↑ +166%
CIGNA BH $60.80 ↑ +171%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $60.80 ↑ +171%
HORIZON SHP $63.47 ↑ +183%
HORIZON HMO $64.09 ↑ +186%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $64.60 ↑ +188%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $65.01 ↑ +190%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $65.30 ↑ +191%
HORIZON PPO $65.60 ↑ +193%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $66.88 ↑ +198%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $73.96 ↑ +230%
CIGNA HMO $102.69 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $102.69 ↑ +358%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Homovanillic acid (hva) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $22.41 $17.84 – $100.63
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $22.41 $13.20 – $102.69
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $22.41 $13.20 – $105.47
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $22.41 $17.93 – $102.69
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $22.41 $19.68 – $102.69
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $22.41 $22.41 – $102.69
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $22.41 $13.80 – $102.69
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $22.41 $22.41 – $102.69

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