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Cataract Surgery 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

$2,524.45

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.

$7,351.00

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.

$1,189.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE 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
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -53%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,205.56 ↓ -52%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,323.18 ↓ -48%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,374.64 ↓ -46%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,524.45 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,524.45 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $2,524.45 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2,524.45 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,650.67 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,751.65 ↑ +9%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,783.00 ↑ +10%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $3,029.34 ↑ +20%
HORIZON PIP $4,741.40 ↑ +88%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $4,741.40 ↑ +88%
HORIZON OMNIA $5,020.00 ↑ +99%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $5,513.25 ↑ +118%
QUALCARE PPO $5,711.73 ↑ +126%
AETNA ASA $5,755.83 ↑ +128%
CIGNA BH $5,880.80 ↑ +133%
HORIZON SHP $6,138.82 ↑ +143%
HORIZON HMO $6,199.10 ↑ +146%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $6,248.35 ↑ +148%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +148%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $6,288.05 ↑ +149%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $6,315.98 ↑ +150%
HORIZON PPO $6,345.38 ↑ +151%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $6,468.88 ↑ +156%
CIGNA HMO $6,663.00 ↑ +164%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $7,153.99 ↑ +183%
CIGNA PPO $7,456.00 ↑ +195%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8,143.00 ↑ +223%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +233%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +233%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +293%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10,105.00 ↑ +300%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $2,685.92 $1,163.59 – $6,019.20
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $2,492.56 $1,043.84 – $6,315.98

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