Brain biopsy w/ct/mr guide at Bayshore Medical Center
727 North Beers St., Holmdel, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1760994412
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Cash price 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.
$4,272.00
Gross charge 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.
$700.61 with AETNA vs $9,933.00 with BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $700.61 | — |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $768.96 | — |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $773.23 | — |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $798.86 | — |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,613.00 | — |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $2,379.00 | — |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $2,755.44 | — |
| HORIZON | PIP | $2,755.44 | — |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $2,917.35 | — |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,204.00 | — |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $3,319.34 | — |
| AETNA | ASA | $3,344.98 | — |
| CIGNA | BH | $3,417.60 | — |
| HORIZON | SHP | $3,567.55 | — |
| HORIZON | HMO | $3,602.58 | — |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,631.20 | — |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $3,654.27 | — |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $3,670.50 | — |
| HORIZON | PPO | $3,687.59 | — |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $3,759.36 | — |
| CIGNA | PPO | $3,840.10 | — |
| CIGNA | HMO | $3,840.10 | — |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $4,157.51 | — |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $6,256.00 | — |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $7,632.00 | — |
| AETNA | HMO | $8,419.00 | — |
| AETNA | PPO | $8,419.00 | — |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $9,461.00 | — |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $9,933.00 | — |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | not published by hospital | — |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Brain biopsy w/ct/mr guide at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | not published | $3,006.12 – $3,006.12 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | not published | $2,930.56 – $2,930.56 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | not published | $1,079.16 – $3,006.12 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | not published | $2,930.56 – $2,930.56 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | not published | $3,006.12 – $3,006.12 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | not published | $3,006.12 – $3,006.12 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | not published | $2,930.56 – $2,930.56 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | not published | $2,930.56 – $2,930.56 |