CPT 49081
Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
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Original text from hospital filings
Removal of abdominal fluid
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Low
$55
Average
$4.7k
Median
$4.3k
High
$33.6k
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| 1 | St. Anthony Shawnee Hospital, Inc Shawnee, OK | $2.7k | $2.7k | $1.4k | 53% | — | $1.3k – $4.1k |
| 2 | Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham Needham, MA | $6.9k | $6.9k | — | — | — | $6.9k – $6.9k |
| 3 | Lewisgale Hospital Montgomery CHRISTIANSBURG, VA | $4.8k | $4.8k | — | — | — | $4.8k – $4.8k |
| 4 | Ingalls Memorial Hospital Harvey, IL | $1.3k | $1.3k | $6 | 0% | — | $1.3k – $1.3k |
| 5 | Hca Florida West Hospital PENSACOLA, FL | $5.4k | $5.4k | $282 | 5% | — | $5.0k – $5.8k |
| 6 | UPMC Washington Washington, PA | $839 | $833 | $189 | 23% | — | $519 – $1.1k |
| 7 | Deaconess Hospital, Inc Newburgh, IN | $184 | $185 | $49 | 27% | — | $61 – $269 |
| 8 | Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital Baytown, TX | $6.4k | $5.7k | $2.1k | 38% | — | $2.2k – $7.5k |
| 9 | Hca Florida Gulf Coast Hospital PANAMA CITY, FL | $5.1k | $5.2k | $358 | 7% | — | $4.5k – $5.7k |
| 10 | Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta, GA | $3.4k | $3.4k | $1.7k | 50% | — | $1.7k – $5.1k |
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