Cyanocobalamin (vit b-12) 1,000 mcg/ml injection solution at Ascension Providence
6901 Medical Pkwy, Waco, TX · Ascension · · NPI 1093708679
$26.73
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.
$74.25
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.
$4.10 with WELLPOINT STAR vs $11.97 with BCBS ADVANTAGE HMO — 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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| WELLPOINT STAR | 815_WELLPOINT (AMERIGROUP) STAR INPATIENT 20240901 | $4.10 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS STAR | 975_BCBS STAR OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $4.30 | ↓ -84% |
| SUPERIOR CHIP/CHIP PERINATE | 898_SUPERIOR CHIP INPATIENT 20240901 | $4.30 | ↓ -84% |
| SUPERIOR CHIP/CHIP PERINATE | 910_SUPERIOR CHIP OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $4.30 | ↓ -84% |
| SUPERIOR STAR | 817_SUPERIOR STAR INPATIENT 20240901 | $4.30 | ↓ -84% |
| SUPERIOR STAR | 904_SUPERIOR STAR OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $4.30 | ↓ -84% |
| SUPERIOR STAR PLUS | 856_SUPERIOR STAR PLUS INPATIENT 20240901 | $4.30 | ↓ -84% |
| SUPERIOR STAR PLUS | 907_SUPERIOR STAR PLUS OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $4.30 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS STAR | 974_BCBS STAR INPATIENT 20240901 | $4.30 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS ADVANTAGE HMO | 871_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD ADVANTAGE HMO 20250101 | $11.97 | ↓ -55% |
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Cyanocobalamin (vit b-12) 1,000 mcg/ml injection solution at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $56.74 | $13.28 – $13.28 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | $125.87 | $0.67 – $19.09 |
| 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 |