Acetazolamide 500 mg solution for injection at St. Elizabeth Hospital

1455 Battersby Avenue, Enumclaw, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1073674040

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$79.56

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.

$225.15

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.

$30.15 with Aetna vs $202.64 with MultiPlan — 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
Aetna Commercial|AWH $30.15 ↓ -62%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $35.48 ↓ -55%
CHPW Medicaid|All Plans $38.28 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $39.05 ↓ -51%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $40.53 ↓ -49%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $40.53 ↓ -49%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $40.53 ↓ -49%
United Medicaid|All Plans $40.58 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $40.78 ↓ -49%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $40.94 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $41.75 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $41.75 ↓ -48%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $42.56 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $43.37 ↓ -45%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $43.77 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Plans $43.77 ↓ -45%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $46.61 ↓ -41%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $46.61 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $49.54 ↓ -38%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $74.98 ↓ -6%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $77.01 ↓ -3%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $77.82 ↓ -2%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $81.06 ↑ +2%
United Commercial|Navigate $83.31 ↑ +5%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $87.81 ↑ +10%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $112.58 ↑ +42%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $162.11 ↑ +104%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $168.87 ↑ +112%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $202.64 ↑ +155%

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Acetazolamide 500 mg solution for injection at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $325.00 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $101.86 $32.67 – $35.24
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $407.91 $32.67 – $47.56
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $101.86 $32.67 – $35.24
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $74.51 $32.67 – $35.24
Central Medical Center Seattle $60.62 $17.23 – $17.23
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $161.89 $59.93 – $122.26
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $407.91 not published

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