Bladder irrigate/lavage/instill 51700 at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital

420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520

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

$238.55

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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.

$650.00

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.

$90.15 with LA Care vs $5,592.00 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.

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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
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $90.15 ↓ -62%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $90.15 ↓ -62%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $90.15 ↓ -62%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $90.15 ↓ -62%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $90.15 ↓ -62%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $90.15 ↓ -62%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $90.15 ↓ -62%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $90.15 ↓ -62%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $90.15 ↓ -62%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $148.75 ↓ -38%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $199.64 ↓ -16%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $199.64 ↓ -16%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $309.02 ↑ +30%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $309.02 ↑ +30%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $309.02 ↑ +30%
United Medicare|All Plans $309.02 ↑ +30%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $309.02 ↑ +30%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $309.02 ↑ +30%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $309.02 ↑ +30%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $309.02 ↑ +30%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $309.02 ↑ +30%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $309.02 ↑ +30%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $339.92 ↑ +42%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $339.92 ↑ +42%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $342.44 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $357.50 ↑ +50%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $420.27 ↑ +76%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $422.50 ↑ +77%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $455.00 ↑ +91%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $463.21 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $494.00 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $513.50 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $526.50 ↑ +121%
United Commercial|HMO $643.50 ↑ +170%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $650.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $650.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Options PPO $650.00 ↑ +172%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $898.00 ↑ +276%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,871.00 ↑ +684%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $3,123.00 ↑ +1209%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,562.00 ↑ +1393%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $3,643.00 ↑ +1427%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,842.00 ↑ +1511%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4,056.00 ↑ +1600%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4,142.00 ↑ +1636%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $4,362.00 ↑ +1729%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $5,592.00 ↑ +2244%

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Bladder irrigate/lavage/instill 51700 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $241.15 $90.15 – $520.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $219.00 $110.88 – $539.32
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $263.09 $48.64 – $488.88
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $880.26 $336.70 – $1,687.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $335.13 $90.15 – $767.34
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $69.27 $25.62 – $97.02
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $306.94 $90.15 – $731.08
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,826.82 $354.75 – $6,200.00

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