Specific gravity body fluid 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

$3.28

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.

$50.00

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.

$3.28 with WELLCARE vs $48.66 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
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.28 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $3.28 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $3.28 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $3.28 ↑ +0%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $3.28 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.28 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3.28 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.44 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.58 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $3.94 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $5.50 ↑ +68%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $6.73 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $6.73 ↑ +105%
CIGNA HMO $15.03 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $15.03 ↑ +358%
QUALCARE HMO $24.80 ↑ +656%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $30.45 ↑ +828%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $32.25 ↑ +883%
HORIZON PIP $32.25 ↑ +883%
HORIZON OMNIA $34.15 ↑ +941%
AETNA HMO $34.40 ↑ +949%
AETNA PPO $34.40 ↑ +949%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $37.50 ↑ +1043%
QUALCARE PPO $38.85 ↑ +1084%
AETNA ASA $39.15 ↑ +1094%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $40.00 ↑ +1120%
CIGNA BH $40.00 ↑ +1120%
HORIZON SHP $41.76 ↑ +1173%
HORIZON HMO $42.17 ↑ +1186%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $42.50 ↑ +1196%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $42.77 ↑ +1204%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $42.96 ↑ +1210%
HORIZON PPO $43.16 ↑ +1216%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $44.00 ↑ +1241%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $48.66 ↑ +1384%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Specific gravity body fluid at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $3.61 $1.54 – $13.36
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $3.61 $1.54 – $13.36
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Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3.61 $1.54 – $13.36
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Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $3.61 $1.54 – $13.36
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $3.61 $1.54 – $13.36
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $3.28 $2.62 – $14.73

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