Cyanocobalamin (vit b-12) 1,000 mcg/ml injection solution at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$125.87
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.
$125.87
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.
$0.67 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $100.70 with Cigna Behavioral Health — 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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| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $0.67 | ↓ -99% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $0.67 | ↓ -99% |
| United | SmallGroup | $1.06 | ↓ -99% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1.06 | ↓ -99% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1.06 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | CSN | $2.30 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2.49 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna | PPO | $2.96 | ↓ -98% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $3.54 | ↓ -97% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $3.54 | ↓ -97% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $3.54 | ↓ -97% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $3.54 | ↓ -97% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $3.54 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | MCR | $3.91 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $6.76 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | BAV | $7.45 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $7.67 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $7.67 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $7.67 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $7.67 | ↓ -94% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $8.26 | ↓ -93% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $8.26 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $9.32 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | PPO | $9.32 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | HMO | $9.32 | ↓ -93% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $9.79 | ↓ -92% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $10.38 | ↓ -92% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $13.98 | ↓ -89% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $13.98 | ↓ -89% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $14.15 | ↓ -89% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $15.92 | ↓ -87% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $17.69 | ↓ -86% |
| Humana | HMO | $19.09 | ↓ -85% |
| Humana | PPO | $19.09 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $20.64 | ↓ -84% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $25.36 | ↓ -80% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $26.54 | ↓ -79% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $31.43 | ↓ -75% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $31.47 | ↓ -75% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $32.43 | ↓ -74% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $32.43 | ↓ -74% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $35.38 | ↓ -72% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $35.38 | ↓ -72% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $35.38 | ↓ -72% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $35.38 | ↓ -72% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $38.33 | ↓ -70% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $47.18 | ↓ -63% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $47.18 | ↓ -63% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $48.36 | ↓ -62% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $50.12 | ↓ -60% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $50.12 | ↓ -60% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $53.07 | ↓ -58% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $53.07 | ↓ -58% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $100.70 | ↓ -20% |
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Cyanocobalamin (vit b-12) 1,000 mcg/ml injection solution at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $56.74 | $13.28 – $13.28 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $51.16 | $0.67 – $19.09 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $56.70 | $3.31 – $13.77 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | $74.82 | $0.64 – $19.09 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $49.40 | $0.64 – $19.09 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | $44.83 | $0.67 – $19.09 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $11.03 | $1.81 – $31.50 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $19.46 | $2.22 – $55.01 |