Acetazolamide 500 mg solution for injection at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$43.60
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.
$20.20 with Hill Physicians vs $159.00 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.
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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| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $20.20 | ↓ -54% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $23.38 | ↓ -46% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $23.52 | ↓ -46% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $25.87 | ↓ -41% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $31.10 | ↓ -29% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $35.67 | ↓ -18% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $35.67 | ↓ -18% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $38.74 | ↓ -11% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $39.26 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $39.26 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $39.26 | ↓ -10% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $43.19 | ↓ -1% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $43.19 | ↓ -1% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $43.19 | ↓ -1% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $43.19 | ↓ -1% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $43.19 | ↓ -1% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $44.01 | ↑ +1% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $44.22 | ↑ +1% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $44.33 | ↑ +2% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $54.57 | ↑ +25% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $54.57 | ↑ +25% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $57.87 | ↑ +33% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $58.48 | ↑ +34% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $59.12 | ↑ +36% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $65.19 | ↑ +50% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $91.96 | ↑ +111% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $114.48 | ↑ +163% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $114.95 | ↑ +164% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $119.25 | ↑ +174% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $125.61 | ↑ +188% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $127.20 | ↑ +192% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $127.20 | ↑ +192% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $159.00 | ↑ +265% |
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Acetazolamide 500 mg solution for injection at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $57.60 | $20.20 – $131.97 |
| 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 |