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Neck MRA (blood vessel MRI, with contrast) 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

$395.29

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.

$3,634.00

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.

$395.29 with HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN vs $4,332.00 with BERGEN RISK — 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 $395.29 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $395.29 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $395.29 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $395.29 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $415.06 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $430.87 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $474.35 ↑ +20%
CIGNA PPO $555.58 ↑ +41%
CIGNA HMO $555.58 ↑ +41%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $595.98 ↑ +51%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $654.12 ↑ +65%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $679.56 ↑ +72%
AETNA PPO $736.32 ↑ +86%
AETNA HMO $736.32 ↑ +86%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $895.45 ↑ +127%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $895.45 ↑ +127%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $951.00 ↑ +141%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,094.00 ↑ +177%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,112.92 ↑ +182%
QUALCARE HMO $2,083.00 ↑ +427%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $2,159.44 ↑ +446%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,212.74 ↑ +460%
HORIZON PIP $2,343.93 ↑ +493%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $2,343.93 ↑ +493%
HORIZON OMNIA $2,481.66 ↑ +528%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $2,507.46 ↑ +534%
AETNA ASA $2,845.42 ↑ +620%
CIGNA BH $2,907.20 ↑ +635%
HORIZON SHP $3,034.75 ↑ +668%
HORIZON HMO $3,064.55 ↑ +675%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $3,088.90 ↑ +681%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $3,108.52 ↑ +686%
HORIZON PPO $3,136.87 ↑ +694%
QUALCARE PPO $3,472.00 ↑ +778%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $4,332.00 ↑ +996%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Neck MRA (blood vessel MRI, with contrast) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $420.58 $336.46 – $4,332.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $390.30 $357.13 – $4,332.00

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