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Shoulder X-ray 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

$97.46

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.

$688.00

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.

$43.28 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $605.44 with QUALCARE — 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
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $43.28 ↓ -56%
AETNA PPO $54.74 ↓ -44%
AETNA HMO $54.74 ↓ -44%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $61.66 ↓ -37%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $62.73 ↓ -36%
CIGNA PPO $89.95 ↓ -8%
CIGNA HMO $89.95 ↓ -8%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $97.46 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $97.46 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $97.46 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $97.46 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $102.33 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $106.23 ↑ +9%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $112.83 ↑ +16%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $116.95 ↑ +20%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $123.84 ↑ +27%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $128.66 ↑ +32%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $219.04 ↑ +125%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $219.04 ↑ +125%
QUALCARE HMO $341.25 ↑ +250%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $418.92 ↑ +330%
HORIZON PIP $443.76 ↑ +355%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $443.76 ↑ +355%
HORIZON OMNIA $469.84 ↑ +382%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $516.00 ↑ +429%
QUALCARE PPO $534.58 ↑ +449%
AETNA ASA $538.70 ↑ +453%
CIGNA BH $550.40 ↑ +465%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $550.40 ↑ +465%
HORIZON SHP $574.55 ↑ +490%
HORIZON HMO $580.19 ↑ +495%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $584.80 ↑ +500%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $588.52 ↑ +504%
HORIZON PPO $593.88 ↑ +509%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $605.44 ↑ +521%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Carrier Clinic Belle Mead $275.20 $99.76 – $99.76
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