Laser surgery eye strands 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

$607.22

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.

$1,598.00

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.

$262.07 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.

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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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $262.07 ↓ -57%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $287.64 ↓ -53%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $298.83 ↓ -51%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $607.22 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $607.22 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $607.22 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $607.22 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $637.58 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $661.87 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $728.67 ↑ +20%
HORIZON PIP $1,030.71 ↑ +70%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $1,030.71 ↑ +70%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,091.27 ↑ +80%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,141.00 ↑ +88%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↑ +96%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,198.50 ↑ +97%
QUALCARE PPO $1,241.65 ↑ +104%
AETNA ASA $1,251.23 ↑ +106%
CIGNA BH $1,278.40 ↑ +111%
HORIZON SHP $1,334.49 ↑ +120%
HORIZON HMO $1,347.59 ↑ +122%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,358.30 ↑ +124%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,366.93 ↑ +125%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,373.00 ↑ +126%
HORIZON PPO $1,379.39 ↑ +127%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,406.24 ↑ +132%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,555.17 ↑ +156%
CIGNA HMO $3,135.00 ↑ +416%
CIGNA PPO $3,508.00 ↑ +478%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $4,048.00 ↑ +567%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $4,948.00 ↑ +715%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +930%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +1286%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +1286%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +1536%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $198.45 – $1,673.82
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $431.60 – $1,230.98
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Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $646.06 $516.85 – $760.07

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