Cyanocobalamin (vit b-12) 1,000 mcg/ml injection solution at St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital

20171 Chasewood Park Drive, Houston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1710314141

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$19.46

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.

$55.58

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.

$1.81 with United vs $55.01 with MHealth Network — 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
United Commercial|Exchange $1.81 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|Charter $2.73 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|PPO $2.73 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|HMO $2.73 ↓ -86%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $3.39 ↓ -83%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $3.58 ↓ -82%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $3.58 ↓ -82%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $3.76 ↓ -81%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $4.24 ↓ -78%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $7.31 ↓ -62%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $9.18 ↓ -53%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $11.21 ↓ -42%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $12.11 ↓ -38%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $14.31 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $14.31 ↓ -26%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $14.86 ↓ -24%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $17.61 ↓ -10%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $18.16 ↓ -7%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $19.26 ↓ -1%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $19.91 ↑ +2%
United Commercial|Optum $25.86 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial|HMO $26.41 ↑ +36%
Humana Commercial|PPO $26.41 ↑ +36%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $26.96 ↑ +39%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $30.26 ↑ +55%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $30.26 ↑ +55%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $30.26 ↑ +55%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $33.01 ↑ +70%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $33.01 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $35.76 ↑ +84%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $35.76 ↑ +84%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $35.76 ↑ +84%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $38.51 ↑ +98%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $38.51 ↑ +98%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $38.51 ↑ +98%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $38.51 ↑ +98%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $38.51 ↑ +98%
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3-PPO $39.61 ↑ +104%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $41.26 ↑ +112%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $45.45 ↑ +134%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $46.76 ↑ +140%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $55.01 ↑ +183%

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Cyanocobalamin (vit b-12) 1,000 mcg/ml injection solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $51.16 $0.67 – $19.09
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $19.46 $2.22 – $55.01
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $86.00 $0.64 – $19.09
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $47.07 $0.67 – $19.09
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $56.74 $13.28 – $13.28
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $125.87 $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

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