Cyanocobalamin (vit b-12) 1,000 mcg/ml injection solution at TRICITIES HOSPITAL

411 W RANDOLPH RD, HOPEWELL, VA · HCA Virginia · · NPI 1285671248

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$299.00

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.

$299.00

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.

$0.57 with TriAtlantic vs $299.00 with United 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.

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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
TriAtlantic TRICR $0.57 ↓ -100%
Health Net TRICR $0.64 ↓ -100%
Humana Military TRCR $0.65 ↓ -100%
Johns Hopkins UniformedServicesFamilyHealthPlan $0.67 ↓ -100%
Cigna IFP $0.70 ↓ -100%
Cigna HMO $1.03 ↓ -100%
Cigna PPO $1.03 ↓ -100%
UNITED AllPayerAppendix $1.70 ↓ -99%
UNITED NavigateCorePayer $1.70 ↓ -99%
UNITED NewBusiness $1.70 ↓ -99%
UNITED SmallBusiness $1.70 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCR $44.85 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $62.19 ↓ -79%
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $104.65 ↓ -65%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $134.55 ↓ -55%
Value Options COMM $179.40 ↓ -40%
Virginia Health Network WC $194.35 ↓ -35%
Virginia Health Network COMM $194.35 ↓ -35%
Naphcare GVT $194.35 ↓ -35%
CorVel WorkersComp $215.28 ↓ -28%
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $239.20 ↓ -20%
4Most Health Nework COMM $269.10 ↓ -10%
Multiplan PHCS $269.10 ↓ -10%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $299.00 ↑ +0%

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

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $82.00 $0.57 – $1.70
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $18.03 $1.41 – $24.02
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $18.03 $1.41 – $24.02
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $18.03 $1.41 – $24.02
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $18.03 $1.41 – $24.02
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $18.03 $1.41 – $24.02
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $178.00 $0.57 – $1.70
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $124.00 $0.50 – $1.70

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