Clonidine (pf) 1,000 mcg/10 ml (100 mcg/ml) epidural solution at Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta

914 Pine St, Mt Shasta, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518085430

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

$287.86

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$370.00

Gross charge

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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.

$16.20 with Partnership Health Plan vs $164.64 with MultiPlan — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $16.20 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $32.71 ↓ -89%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $35.96 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $40.32 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $40.32 ↓ -86%
United Medicare|All Plans $40.32 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $40.32 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $40.32 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $40.32 ↓ -86%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $40.32 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $107.52 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $132.72 ↓ -54%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $137.76 ↓ -52%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $137.76 ↓ -52%
United Commercial|HMO $144.48 ↓ -50%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $146.16 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $146.16 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $146.16 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $147.84 ↓ -49%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $156.24 ↓ -46%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $164.64 ↓ -43%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $164.64 ↓ -43%

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Clonidine (pf) 1,000 mcg/10 ml (100 mcg/ml) epidural solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $117.60 $16.20 – $294.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $347.63 $16.20 – $76.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $77.44 $22.10 – $77.27
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $84.90 $33.15 – $164.28
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $84.90 $35.34 – $83.40
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $50.57 $20.28 – $63.96
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $104.31 $32.40 – $69.27
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $64.50 $23.23 – $85.28

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