Bladder irrigate/lavage/instill 51700 at Arroyo Grande Hospital

1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937

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

$335.13

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.

$783.00

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 Partnership Health Plan vs $7,160.00 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $90.15 ↓ -73%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $90.15 ↓ -73%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $110.88 ↓ -67%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $110.88 ↓ -67%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $142.09 ↓ -58%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $142.09 ↓ -58%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $286.57 ↓ -14%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $309.02 ↓ -8%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $309.02 ↓ -8%
United Medicare|All Plans $309.02 ↓ -8%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $309.02 ↓ -8%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $309.02 ↓ -8%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $309.02 ↓ -8%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $309.02 ↓ -8%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $430.65 ↑ +29%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $493.29 ↑ +47%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $657.72 ↑ +96%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $689.04 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $696.87 ↑ +108%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $720.36 ↑ +115%
United Commercial|Options PPO $728.19 ↑ +117%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $767.34 ↑ +129%
United Commercial|HMO $775.17 ↑ +131%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,385.00 ↑ +313%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $2,012.00 ↑ +500%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $3,832.00 ↑ +1043%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $4,339.00 ↑ +1195%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $5,343.00 ↑ +1494%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,710.00 ↑ +1604%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,710.00 ↑ +1604%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,710.00 ↑ +1604%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,160.00 ↑ +2036%

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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
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
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,826.82 $354.75 – $6,200.00

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