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ER Visit (level 2) 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

$175.28

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.

$1,348.00

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.

$175.28 with HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN vs $1,599.00 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 $175.28 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $175.28 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $175.28 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $175.28 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $184.05 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $191.06 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $198.00 ↑ +13%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $209.00 ↑ +19%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $210.34 ↑ +20%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $221.07 ↑ +26%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $242.64 ↑ +38%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $252.08 ↑ +44%
HORIZON OMNIA $312.00 ↑ +78%
HORIZON SHP $361.00 ↑ +106%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $380.00 ↑ +117%
HORIZON HMO $385.00 ↑ +120%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $387.00 ↑ +121%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $393.00 ↑ +124%
HORIZON PPO $394.00 ↑ +125%
CIGNA PPO $410.00 ↑ +134%
CIGNA HMO $410.00 ↑ +134%
AETNA PPO $423.00 ↑ +141%
AETNA HMO $423.00 ↑ +141%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $481.00 ↑ +174%
HORIZON PIP $869.46 ↑ +396%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $869.46 ↑ +396%
QUALCARE HMO $1,047.40 ↑ +498%
QUALCARE PPO $1,047.40 ↑ +498%
AETNA ASA $1,055.48 ↑ +502%
CIGNA BH $1,078.40 ↑ +515%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,145.80 ↑ +554%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,186.24 ↑ +577%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,416.00 ↑ +708%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,522.00 ↑ +768%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,599.00 ↑ +812%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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ER Visit (level 2) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $186.49 $69.41 – $1,522.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $173.07 $67.82 – $1,522.00

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