Vitamin b-12 at Rochester General Hospital

1425 Portland Avenue, Rochester, NY · Rochesterregional · · NPI 1255360517

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$54.55

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.

$83.93

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.

$12.63 with CDPHP vs $23.52 with AETNA — 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
CDPHP MEDICAID $12.63 ↓ -77%
EXCELLUS COMMERCIAL $12.95 ↓ -76%
EXCELLUS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.57 ↓ -75%
UNITED HEALTHCARE COMMERCIAL $13.57 ↓ -75%
MVP - CIGNA COMMERCIAL $14.18 ↓ -74%
FIDELIS CARE NEW YORK MEDICAID $14.52 ↓ -73%
CDPHP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15.08 ↓ -72%
HUMANA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15.08 ↓ -72%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE Dual $15.53 ↓ -72%
FIDELIS CARE NEW YORK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15.83 ↓ -71%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15.83 ↓ -71%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.44 ↓ -70%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE DUAL $18.85 ↓ -65%
FIDELIS CARE NEW YORK EXCHANGE $18.94 ↓ -65%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.45 ↓ -64%
AETNA COMMERCIAL $23.52 ↓ -57%

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Vitamin b-12 at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
The Unity Hospital of Rochester Rochester $67.14 $12.63 – $19.45
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $15.08 $1.00 – $37.93
Harlem Hospital Center New York $15.08 $1.00 – $37.93
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $15.08 $1.00 – $37.93
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $15.08 $1.00 – $37.93
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $15.08 $1.00 – $37.93
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $36.60 $13.00 – $54.90
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $15.08 $1.00 – $37.93

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