Clonidine (pf) 1,000 mcg/10 ml (100 mcg/ml) epidural solution at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$49.25
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.
$148.70
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.
$3.73 with Cigna vs $5.59 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.
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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| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $3.73 | ↓ -92% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $5.29 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $5.37 | ↓ -89% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $5.59 | ↓ -89% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Clonidine (pf) 1,000 mcg/10 ml (100 mcg/ml) epidural solution at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $30.18 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $43.93 | $23.14 – $29.95 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $433.29 | $23.14 – $36.82 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $86.86 | $46.39 – $103.90 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $97.06 | $36.82 – $107.37 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $433.29 | $23.14 – $36.82 |
| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $101.53 | $29.95 – $38.29 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $65.63 | $4.70 – $6.71 |