X-ray ribs w/posterior anterior chest 3 views left 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

$117.70

Cash price

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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.

$724.00

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.

$50.46 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $637.12 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 $50.46 ↓ -57%
AETNA HMO $63.73 ↓ -46%
AETNA PPO $63.73 ↓ -46%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $91.50 ↓ -22%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $93.08 ↓ -21%
CIGNA PPO $104.77 ↓ -11%
CIGNA HMO $104.77 ↓ -11%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $117.70 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $117.70 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $117.70 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $117.70 ↑ +0%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $118.74 ↑ +1%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $123.59 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $128.30 ↑ +9%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $130.32 ↑ +11%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $135.39 ↑ +15%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $141.24 ↑ +20%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $295.04 ↑ +151%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $295.04 ↑ +151%
QUALCARE HMO $359.10 ↑ +205%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $440.84 ↑ +275%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $466.98 ↑ +297%
HORIZON PIP $466.98 ↑ +297%
HORIZON OMNIA $494.42 ↑ +320%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $543.00 ↑ +361%
QUALCARE PPO $562.55 ↑ +378%
AETNA ASA $566.89 ↑ +382%
CIGNA BH $579.20 ↑ +392%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $579.20 ↑ +392%
HORIZON SHP $604.61 ↑ +414%
HORIZON HMO $610.55 ↑ +419%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $615.40 ↑ +423%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $619.31 ↑ +426%
HORIZON PPO $624.96 ↑ +431%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $637.12 ↑ +441%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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