Echo exam of eye at Bayshore Medical Center
727 North Beers St., Holmdel, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1760994412
$97.46
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.
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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.
$85.84 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $219.04 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.
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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| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $85.84 | ↓ -12% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $97.46 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $97.46 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $97.46 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $97.46 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $102.33 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $106.23 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $116.95 | ↑ +20% |
| AETNA | HMO | $131.59 | ↑ +35% |
| AETNA | PPO | $131.59 | ↑ +35% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $167.08 | ↑ +71% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $169.97 | ↑ +74% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $198.63 | ↑ +104% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $198.63 | ↑ +104% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $219.04 | ↑ +125% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $219.04 | ↑ +125% |
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Echo exam of eye at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $103.69 | $82.95 – $250.18 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $96.23 | $85.84 – $219.04 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $97.54 | $88.05 – $219.04 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $97.46 | $85.84 – $248.57 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $103.69 | $93.27 – $219.04 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $97.54 | $85.84 – $219.04 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $97.46 | $65.40 – $219.04 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $96.23 | $85.84 – $219.04 |