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.
Original text from hospital filings
HC PARACENTESIS, W/OUT IMGE GUIDE
Crowley, LA
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Acadia General Hospital, Inc’s median price of $852 is 19% below the median hospital's median price ($1.0k), higher than 25% of the 2,354 hospitals reporting CPT 49082. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 10 payers, 14 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Aetna Better Health all payor other · outpatient | $301 | $301 | — | — | — | $301 – $301 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor other · outpatient | $301 | $301 | — | — | — | $301 – $301 |
| 3 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $301 | $301 | — | — | — | $301 – $301 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $301 | $301 | — | — | — | $301 – $301 |
| 5 | Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient | $668 | $668 | — | — | — | $668 – $668 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $730 | $730 | — | — | — | $730 – $730 |
| 7 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $852 | $852 | — | — | — | $852 – $852 |
| 8 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $852 | $852 | — | — | — | $852 – $852 |
| 9 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $852 | $852 | — | — | — | $852 – $852 |
| 10 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $852 | $852 | — | — | — | $852 – $852 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $852 | $852 | — | — | — | $852 – $852 |
| 12 | WellCare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $895 | $895 | — | — | — | $895 – $895 |
| 13 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $954 | $954 | — | — | — | $954 – $954 |
| 14 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $1.7k | $1.5k | $367 | 25% | — | $852 – $1.7k |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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