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/O IMAGING
Chicago, IL
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Advocate Trinity Hospital’s median price of $1.4k is 35% above the median hospital's median price ($1.0k), higher than 71% 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: 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 | Aetna commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.1k | $1.1k | — | — | — | $1.1k – $1.1k |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield managed care percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.1k | $1.1k | — | — | — | $1.1k – $1.1k |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | — | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 4 | Cigna commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.2k | $1.2k | $145 | 12% | — | $1.1k – $1.4k |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.4k | $1.4k | $54 | 4% | — | $1.3k – $1.4k |
| 6 | Ambetter medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $1.4k | $1.4k | — | — | — | $1.4k – $1.4k |
| 7 | Molina medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $1.4k | $1.4k | — | — | — | $1.4k – $1.4k |
| 8 | Oscar medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | — | $1.5k – $1.5k |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | — | $1.5k – $1.5k |
| 10 | MultiPlan commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.7k | $1.7k | — | — | — | $1.7k – $1.7k |
| 11 | MultiPlan commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.7k | $1.7k | — | — | — | $1.7k – $1.7k |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare commercial case rate · outpatient | $3.6k | $4.0k | $949 | 24% | — | $3.1k – $5.3k |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare hmo case rate · outpatient | $6.2k | $6.2k | — | — | — | $6.2k – $6.2k |
Last updated: Nov 4, 2025
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