Extraction of lens 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

$4,452.74

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.

$8,669.00

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 ↓ -73%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,421.72 ↓ -68%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,560.42 ↓ -65%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,621.10 ↓ -64%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,839.00 ↓ -59%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $4,452.74 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $4,452.74 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,452.74 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,452.74 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,675.38 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,853.49 ↑ +9%
CIGNA HMO $5,025.00 ↑ +13%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $5,343.29 ↑ +20%
HORIZON PIP $5,591.51 ↑ +26%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $5,591.51 ↑ +26%
CIGNA PPO $5,631.00 ↑ +26%
HORIZON OMNIA $5,920.06 ↑ +33%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +40%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $6,501.75 ↑ +46%
QUALCARE PPO $6,735.81 ↑ +51%
AETNA ASA $6,787.83 ↑ +52%
CIGNA BH $6,935.20 ↑ +56%
HORIZON SHP $7,239.48 ↑ +63%
HORIZON HMO $7,310.57 ↑ +64%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $7,368.65 ↑ +65%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $7,415.46 ↑ +67%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $7,448.40 ↑ +67%
HORIZON PPO $7,483.08 ↑ +68%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $7,628.72 ↑ +71%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8,143.00 ↑ +83%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +89%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +89%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,436.67 ↑ +89%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +123%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10,105.00 ↑ +127%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $4,737.56 $1,833.41 – $4,974.44
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $4,396.50 $1,764.19 – $5,275.80
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Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $4,452.74 $1,764.19 – $5,343.29
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $4,396.50 $1,764.19 – $5,275.80

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