Acetazolamide 500 mg solution for injection at California Hospital Medical Center

1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$132.41

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.

$273.00

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.

$21.17 with Noble IPA vs $144.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $21.17 ↓ -84%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $21.17 ↓ -84%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $23.52 ↓ -82%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $23.52 ↓ -82%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $23.52 ↓ -82%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $26.35 ↓ -80%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $31.89 ↓ -76%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $31.89 ↓ -76%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $32.58 ↓ -75%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $32.93 ↓ -75%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $32.93 ↓ -75%
United Commercial|PPO $35.67 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|HMO $35.67 ↓ -73%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $35.85 ↓ -73%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $36.00 ↓ -73%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $36.00 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $36.00 ↓ -73%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $39.84 ↓ -70%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $39.84 ↓ -70%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $39.84 ↓ -70%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $43.19 ↓ -67%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 $50.40 ↓ -62%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 $50.40 ↓ -62%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $82.79 ↓ -37%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $89.28 ↓ -33%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $92.16 ↓ -30%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $99.36 ↓ -25%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $99.36 ↓ -25%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $99.36 ↓ -25%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $100.80 ↓ -24%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $108.00 ↓ -18%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $110.88 ↓ -16%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $113.76 ↓ -14%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $117.60 ↓ -11%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $117.60 ↓ -11%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $138.24 ↑ +4%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $144.00 ↑ +9%

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Acetazolamide 500 mg solution for injection at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
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

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