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Bladder Irrigation

Rhode Island rates for HCPCS 51700

The bladder is flushed with a sterile fluid through a catheter, either to clean it out, clear blood clots or debris, or deliver a medication directly into the bladder. It's a simple procedure typically done in an office or clinic setting.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Bladder Irrigation cost?

$79.43

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $79.43 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $70.79 from a physician practice, and about $269 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$70.79$56.23 to $117
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$269$112 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $269 · 10th to 90th $83 to $3,890Professionalmedian $71 · 10th to 90th $36 to $148
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $269professional $71

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$125.89
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$11.75

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 3.1 times more in Wisconsin than in Nebraska. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Rhode Island· 34th of 51

$79.43

WI $186NE $60.26

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.