Acetazolamide 500 mg solution for injection at AdventHealth Porter

2525 S Downing St, Denver, CO · AdventHealth · · NPI 1801800594

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$776.70

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.

$776.70

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.

$20.14 with Cigna vs $38.16 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.

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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
Cigna Local Plus Other Commercial Plan $20.14 ↓ -97%
Cigna Open Choice Hmo/Ppo $21.58 ↓ -97%
Aetna Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $30.53 ↓ -96%
Centivo All Commercial Plans $34.72 ↓ -96%
Employers Health Network All Commercial Plans $34.72 ↓ -96%
Denver Public Schools All Commercial Plans $34.72 ↓ -96%
Bcbs All Commercial Plans $35.67 ↓ -95%
Aetna Hmo/Ppo $38.16 ↓ -95%

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Acetazolamide 500 mg solution for injection at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER $544.00 $21.58 – $76.77
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver $344.52 $42.22 – $76.77
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver not published $21.58 – $42.22
HCA HealthONE AURORA Aurora $970.55 $21.58 – $76.77
HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH LAKEWOOD $410.21 $21.58 – $76.77
HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE Thornton $890.51 $21.58 – $76.77
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $776.70 $20.14 – $35.67
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $776.70 $20.14 – $35.67

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