Acetazolamide 500 mg solution for injection at St Jude Medical Center
101 E Valencia Mesa Dr, Fullerton, CA · Providence · · NPI 1194926279
$149.53
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.
$311.52
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.
$27.15 with Cigna vs $54.21 with Blue Cross — 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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| Cigna | All Other Ppo | $27.15 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | Network/Open Access Plus Benefit Plans Hmo/Pos | $27.15 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | Gatekeeper Hmo | $34.45 | ↓ -77% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $40.98 | ↓ -73% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $40.98 | ↓ -73% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans | $54.21 | ↓ -64% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans | $54.21 | ↓ -64% |
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Acetazolamide 500 mg solution for injection at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $65.70 | $18.09 – $52.26 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $186.68 | $38.12 – $40.98 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $213.15 | $24.30 – $54.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $103.10 | $14.58 – $52.92 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $73.83 | $22.89 – $84.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $73.04 | $31.45 – $90.92 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $186.68 | $38.12 – $43.79 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $186.68 | $34.45 – $52.23 |