MET must be converted into homocysteine (HCY)
Ask for serum B12 and consider MMA if results fall into a borderline range
compounding facilities and delivered discreetly to your door
Home Find a cheap hospital Most expensive procedures Vitamin b12 injection Injection, vitamin b-12 cyanocobalamin, up to 1000 mcg Cost distribution Cheapest hospitals Hospital/Provider Provider type Avg amount paid Avg amount requested Richard M Orlan (MD, male) 19 BELMONT AVE, SUITE 1201, BRATTLEBORO, VT 05301 Internal Medicine $0.01 $0.01 (x1.4) William L Bell (MD, male) 300 S MIDDLETON ST, ROBBINS, NC 27325 Family Practice $0.01 $0.01 (x1.3) Susan M Guentzel (M.D., female) 1025 BEAL PKWY NW, SUITE A, FT WALTON BEACH, FL 32547 Internal Medicine $0.01 $0.01 (x1.2) Gregg M Koval (M.D., male) 5667 PEACHTREE DUNWOODY ROAD, SUITE 150, ATLANTA, GA 30342 Internal Medicine $0.01 $0.01 (x1.1) Marshall E Prunty (MD, male) 601 GREENE DR, FAMILY PRACTICE OF GREENVILLE PSC, GREENVILLE, KY 42345 Family Practice $0.01 $0.01 (x1.1) Pamela E Hall (MD, female) 820 DELTONA BLVD, SUITE A, DELTONA, FL 32725 Family Practice $0.01 $0.01 (x1.1) Ketan A Patel (MD, male) 489 N TYNDALL PKWY, PANAMA CITY, FL 32404 Internal Medicine $0.01 $0.01 (x1.1) Robert F Kelliher (MD, male) 844 MAIN STREET, WALPOLE, MA 02081 Internal Medicine $0.01 $0.01 (x1.1) Carl M Sousa (M.D., male) 74 MAIN STREET, MEDWAY, MA 02053 Internal Medicine $0.01 $0.01 (x1.1) Christopher S Vagnoni (M.D., male) 902 SETON DR, SUITE 303, CUMBERLAND, MD 21502 Internal Medicine $0.01 $0.01 (x1.1) Albert F Mapp (MD, male) 489 N TYNDALL PKWY, PANAMA CITY, FL 32404 Family Practice $0.01 $0.01 (x1.0) Nathalie A Campbell (, female) 470 TOLLGATE RD, SUITE 202, WARWICK, RI 02886 Endocrinology $0.01 $0.01 (x1.0) Tatyana Ingberman (M.D., female) 749 OCEAN PKWY, BROOKLYN, NY 11230 Internal Medicine $0.01 $0.01 (x1.0) Leon Lenoir (MD, male) 1307 E UNION ST, DOCTORS LENOIR AND CIRILLI PA, GREENVILLE, MS 38703 Internal Medicine $0.01 $0.03 (x2.2) Peter A Weitzman (MD, male) 234 RUSSELL ST, #7, HADLEY, MA 01035 Family Practice $0.02 $0.02 (x1.5) Michael J Cirilli (MD, male) 1307 E UNION, DOCTORS LENOIR & CIRILLI PA, GREENVILLE, MS 38703 Internal Medicine $0.02 $0.03 (x1.7) Mark J Lobitz (D.O., CMD, male) 400 W 23RD ST, HAZLETON, PA 18202 Family Practice $0.03 $2.33 (x84.2) Olukayode Oladeji (MD, male) 1 RACE TRACK RD, EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ 08816 Cardiology $0.03 $0.04 (x1.4) Anita M Vagnoni (MD, female) 925 SETON DR, CUMBERLAND, MD 21502 Internal Medicine $0.03 $0.45 (x14.5) James H Wheeler (M.D., male) 993 JOHNSON FERRY RD NE, SUITE 210, ATLANTA, GA 30342 Family Practice $0.03 $0.05 (x1.5) Frank A Franklin (MD, male) 160 PARIS AVE, SUITE 1, NORTHVALE, NJ 07647 General Practice $0.03 $0.18 (x5.2) Charles S Schramm (M.D., male) 993 F JOHNSON FERRY RD, SUITE 210, ATLANTA, GA 30342 Family Practice $0.04 $0.05 (x1.4) Evan G Kushner (M.D., male) 277 FOREST AVE, SUITE 200, PARAMUS, NJ 07652 Internal Medicine $0.04 $0.05 (x1.4) Robert V Kavaler (M.D., male) 277 FOREST AVE, SUITE 200, PARAMUS, NJ 07652 Internal Medicine $0.04 $0.66 (x17.8) Jennifer L Giardina (D.O., female) 3 PLAZA DR, SUITE 6, TOMS RIVER, NJ 08757 Family Practice $0.04 $0.05 (x1.3) Debra G Reich-sobel (DO, female) 1711 N WOOD AVE, LINDEN, NJ 07036 Family Practice $0.04 $0.05 (x1.3) Morey J Menacker (D.O., male) 277 FOREST AVE, SUITE 200, PARAMUS, NJ 07652 Internal Medicine $0.04 $1.25 (x30.0) Bruce A Kahan (MD, male) 3661 MADACA LN, TAMPA, FL 33618 Internal Medicine $0.05 $1.33 (x29.3) Allen L Lempel (MD, male) 1352 RIVER AVE, LAKEWOOD, NJ 08701 Internal Medicine $0.05 $0.06 (x1.3) Theodore G Brna (M.D., male) 6321 DEANS ST, BAILEY, NC 27807 Family Practice $0.05 $0.23 (x4.6) Average payments by state (low to high) State Avg amount paid Avg amount requested VT $0.33 $11.42 (x34.4) MS $0.36 $12.15 (x34.1) MT $0.36 $4.41 (x12.3) RI $0.36 $13.85 (x38.5) WI $0.36 $9.09 (x25.1) ME $0.36 $5.53 (x15.2) IA $0.36 $5.59 (x15.4) ID $0.36 $4.66 (x12.8) SD $0.36 $5.19 (x14.2) NH $0.37 $4.16 (x11.4) NE $0.37 $5.94 (x16.3) WY $0.37 $15.01 (x41.1) NC $0.37 $11.69 (x31.9) WV $0.37 $11.05 (x30.2) OR $0.37 $3.95 (x10.8) MN $0.37 $5.38 (x14.7) KY $0.37 $9.86 (x26.9) MA $0.37 $11.10 (x30.2) AL $0.37 $9.81 (x26.6) KS $0.37 $8.73 (x23.6) HI $0.37 $9.17 (x24.8) GA $0.37 $12.21 (x33.0) IN $0.37 $9.42 (x25.5) TN $0.37 $10.97 (x29.7) IL $0.37 $13.72 (x37.0) UT $0.37 $6.89 (x18.5) MO $0.37 $10.37 (x27.9) PA $0.37 $9.07 (x24.4) AK $0.37 $8.27 (x22.2) OH $0.37 $9.85 (x26.4) SC $0.37 $12.18 (x32.6) ND $0.37 $9.44 (x25.3) WA $0.38 $4.63 (x12.3) DE $0.38 $11.68 (x31.1) MD $0.38 $9.67 (x25.7) NJ $0.38 $12.55 (x33.3) VA $0.38 $8.29 (x22.0) AZ $0.38 $8.51 (x22.5) MI $0.38 $9.22 (x24.3) VI $0.38 $10.00 (x26.3) CT $0.38 $12.21 (x32.1) NY $0.38 $15.01 (x39.0) FL $0.39 $9.33 (x24.2) CA $0.39 $13.87 (x35.9) NV $0.40 $13.27 (x33.5) DC $0.40 $13.51 (x34.1) ZZ $0.40 $5.00 (x12.6) AR $0.40 $9.10 (x22.9) LA $0.40 $11.20 (x28.1) CO $0.61 $9.44 (x15.4) NM $0.68 $22.90 (x33.7) OK $0.69 $10.63 (x15.4) TX $0.70 $12.72 (x18.2)
We accept that some people need more help, that difficult decisions have to be taken and that when we waste resources we waste opportunities for others
I will probably take vitamin C to lower the b12 and go vegetarian for a while
