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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PARACENTESIS W/IMAGING
Oak Lawn, IL
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Advocate Christ Medical Center’s median price of $1.8k is 55% above the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 76% of the 2,488 hospitals reporting CPT 49083. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 8 payers, 13 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 | Ambetter medicare advantage facility · case rate · outpatient | $1,417 | $1,417 | $1,417 – $1,417 |
| 2 | Molina medicare advantage facility · case rate · outpatient | $1,417 | $1,417 | $1,417 – $1,417 |
| 3 | Oscar medicare advantage facility · case rate · outpatient | $1,466 | $1,466 | $1,466 – $1,466 |
| 4 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,484 | $1,484 | $1,484 – $1,484 |
| 5 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,485 | $1,485 | $1,430 – $1,540 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield managed care facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,521 | $1,521 | $1,521 – $1,521 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,548 | $1,548 | $1,548 – $1,548 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,819 | $1,819 | $1,749 – $1,889 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,991 | $1,991 | $1,991 – $1,991 |
| 10 | MultiPlan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,200 | $2,200 | $2,200 – $2,200 |
| 11 | MultiPlan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,200 | $2,200 | $2,200 – $2,200 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · case rate · outpatient | $3,622 | $4,029 | $3,126 – $5,340 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare hmo facility · case rate · outpatient | $6,181 | $6,181 | $6,181 – $6,181 |
Last updated: Nov 4, 2025
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