Injection into brain canal at Bayshore Medical Center
727 North Beers St., Holmdel, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1760994412
$326.73
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.
$1,946.00
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.
$319.14 with AETNA vs $9,933.00 with BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN — 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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| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $319.14 | ↓ -2% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $326.73 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $326.73 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $326.73 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $326.73 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $343.07 | ↑ +5% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $350.28 | ↑ +7% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $356.14 | ↑ +9% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $363.90 | ↑ +11% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $392.08 | ↑ +20% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $868.00 | ↑ +166% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,189.00 | ↑ +264% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $1,255.17 | ↑ +284% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $1,255.17 | ↑ +284% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $1,328.92 | ↑ +307% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,459.50 | ↑ +347% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $1,512.04 | ↑ +363% |
| AETNA | ASA | $1,523.72 | ↑ +366% |
| CIGNA | BH | $1,556.80 | ↑ +376% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $1,625.10 | ↑ +397% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $1,641.06 | ↑ +402% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,654.10 | ↑ +406% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $1,664.61 | ↑ +409% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $1,672.00 | ↑ +412% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $1,679.79 | ↑ +414% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $1,712.48 | ↑ +424% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $1,893.85 | ↑ +480% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $2,247.00 | ↑ +588% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $2,518.00 | ↑ +671% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,768.00 | ↑ +747% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $3,336.00 | ↑ +921% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $6,256.00 | ↑ +1815% |
| AETNA | PPO | $8,419.00 | ↑ +2477% |
| AETNA | HMO | $8,419.00 | ↑ +2477% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $9,933.00 | ↑ +2940% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
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Injection into brain canal at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $347.63 | $245.96 – $365.02 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $322.61 | $239.39 – $387.13 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $327.02 | $122.26 – $327.02 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $326.73 | $239.39 – $392.08 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $347.63 | $245.96 – $378.92 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $327.02 | $245.96 – $392.42 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $326.73 | $239.39 – $392.08 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $322.61 | $239.39 – $387.13 |