Bladder irrigate/lavage/instill 51700 at St Jude Medical Center

101 E Valencia Mesa Dr, Fullerton, CA · Providence · · NPI 1194926279

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 11, 2026

$370.56

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.

$772.00

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.

$273.14 with Providence vs $15,614.00 with Blue Cross — 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
Providence Oscar All Commercial Plans $273.14 ↓ -26%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $321.35 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $336.67 ↓ -9%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $379.18 ↑ +2%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $594.49 ↑ +60%
Healthnet Hmo/Pos/Ppo $799.00 ↑ +116%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $1,266.00 ↑ +242%
Blue Shield Epn Exchange $1,293.00 ↑ +249%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $1,358.00 ↑ +266%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo $1,599.00 ↑ +332%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo $1,778.00 ↑ +380%
Aetna Gatekeeper Hmo $3,363.00 ↑ +808%
Blue Cross Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans $13,012.00 ↑ +3411%
Blue Cross Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans $15,614.00 ↑ +4114%

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Bladder irrigate/lavage/instill 51700 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
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
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $241.15 $90.15 – $520.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $238.55 $90.15 – $513.50

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