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Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) 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

$267.55

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.

$2,090.00

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.

$267.55 with HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN vs $2,033.99 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
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $267.55 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $267.55 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $267.55 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $267.55 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $280.93 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $291.63 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $321.06 ↑ +20%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $342.76 ↑ +28%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $376.20 ↑ +41%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $390.83 ↑ +46%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,165.00 ↑ +335%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,207.00 ↑ +351%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,231.01 ↑ +360%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,272.60 ↑ +376%
HORIZON PIP $1,348.05 ↑ +404%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $1,348.05 ↑ +404%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,427.26 ↑ +433%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,567.50 ↑ +486%
QUALCARE HMO $1,623.93 ↑ +507%
QUALCARE PPO $1,623.93 ↑ +507%
AETNA ASA $1,636.47 ↑ +512%
CIGNA BH $1,672.00 ↑ +525%
HORIZON SHP $1,745.36 ↑ +552%
HORIZON HMO $1,762.50 ↑ +559%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,776.50 ↑ +564%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,787.79 ↑ +568%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,795.73 ↑ +571%
HORIZON PPO $1,804.09 ↑ +574%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,839.20 ↑ +587%
AETNA PPO $1,881.00 ↑ +603%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,881.00 ↑ +603%
AETNA HMO $1,881.00 ↑ +603%
CIGNA PPO $1,998.67 ↑ +647%
CIGNA HMO $1,998.67 ↑ +647%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $2,033.99 ↑ +660%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $284.66 $227.73 – $4,324.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $264.17 $104.00 – $1,998.67

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