Bx/exc lymph node/open/superfic 38500 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

$4,238.48

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.

$7,014.00

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.

$1,141.00 with HORIZON vs $10,105.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,141.00 ↓ -73%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,150.30 ↓ -73%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -72%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,262.52 ↓ -70%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,311.62 ↓ -69%
CIGNA HMO $3,135.00 ↓ -26%
CIGNA PPO $3,508.00 ↓ -17%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,238.48 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $4,238.48 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $4,238.48 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,238.48 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,450.40 ↑ +5%
HORIZON PIP $4,524.03 ↑ +7%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $4,524.03 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,619.94 ↑ +9%
HORIZON OMNIA $4,789.86 ↑ +13%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $5,086.17 ↑ +20%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $5,260.50 ↑ +24%
QUALCARE PPO $5,449.88 ↑ +29%
AETNA ASA $5,491.96 ↑ +30%
CIGNA BH $5,611.20 ↑ +32%
HORIZON SHP $5,857.39 ↑ +38%
HORIZON HMO $5,914.91 ↑ +40%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $5,961.90 ↑ +41%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $5,999.78 ↑ +42%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $6,026.43 ↑ +42%
HORIZON PPO $6,054.48 ↑ +43%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $6,172.32 ↑ +46%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +48%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $6,826.02 ↑ +61%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8,143.00 ↑ +92%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +99%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +99%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +134%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10,105.00 ↑ +138%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Bx/exc lymph node/open/superfic 38500 at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $4,509.59 $547.39 – $4,735.07
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $4,184.94 $531.35 – $5,021.93
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Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $4,238.48 $531.35 – $5,086.17
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $4,509.59 $547.39 – $4,915.45
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $4,242.15 $547.39 – $5,090.58
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $4,238.48 $531.35 – $5,086.17
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $4,184.94 $531.35 – $5,021.93

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