Acetazolamide 500 mg solution for injection at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1982733655
$76.40
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.
$200.00
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.
$4.94 with United vs $47.02 with Aetna — 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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| United | Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee | $4.94 | ↓ -94% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $10.92 | ↓ -86% |
| Optum | Commercial|OptumHealth | $12.22 | ↓ -84% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LifeSource | $14.30 | ↓ -81% |
| Other | Commercial|NTN | $15.60 | ↓ -80% |
| LifeTrac | Commercial|All Plans | $16.90 | ↓ -78% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $18.20 | ↓ -76% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Interlink | $18.20 | ↓ -76% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $20.54 | ↓ -73% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $22.16 | ↓ -71% |
| Health Choice | Medicaid|All Plans | $22.16 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Exchange | $23.63 | ↓ -69% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit | $25.35 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $26.00 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $26.00 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $26.00 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $26.00 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $26.00 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Workers Comp | $26.00 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $47.02 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $47.02 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $47.02 | ↓ -38% |
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Acetazolamide 500 mg solution for injection at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $93.44 | $22.16 – $333.34 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $100.37 | $22.16 – $172.48 |
| Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) | Prescott | $103.88 | $22.16 – $133.00 |
| Arizona General Hospital Mesa | Mesa | $100.78 | $22.16 – $333.34 |
| Chandler Regional Medical Center | Chandler | $109.35 | $22.16 – $188.16 |