Bladder irrigate/lavage/instill 51700 at St. Anthony Hospital

11567 Canterwood Blvd, Gig Harbor, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1447406699

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$256.52

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.

$843.38

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.

$275.66 with SoundPath vs $1,212.90 with Aetna — 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

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
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $275.66 ↑ +7%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $275.66 ↑ +7%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $278.42 ↑ +9%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $283.93 ↑ +11%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $283.93 ↑ +11%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $283.93 ↑ +11%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $294.96 ↑ +15%
United Medicare|All Plans $297.71 ↑ +16%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $297.71 ↑ +16%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $300.47 ↑ +17%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $317.01 ↑ +24%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $317.01 ↑ +24%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $523.75 ↑ +104%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $529.27 ↑ +106%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $545.81 ↑ +113%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $572.11 ↑ +123%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $581.94 ↑ +127%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $584.64 ↑ +128%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $607.24 ↑ +137%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $631.37 ↑ +146%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $632.54 ↑ +147%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $643.15 ↑ +151%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $727.37 ↑ +184%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $740.54 ↑ +189%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $827.03 ↑ +222%
United Commercial|Navigate $869.85 ↑ +239%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $915.65 ↑ +257%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $915.65 ↑ +257%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $1,030.97 ↑ +302%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,212.90 ↑ +373%

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Bladder irrigate/lavage/instill 51700 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $331.10 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $771.36 $289.32 – $1,104.03
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $737.10 $278.42 – $728.19
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $771.36 $289.32 – $1,068.80
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $771.36 $290.13 – $1,104.03
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $581.88 $289.32 – $1,374.17
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $208.60 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $695.80 $219.00 – $1,066.45

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