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
Chicago, IL
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Advocate Trinity Hospital’s median price of $1.8k is 52% above the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 75% 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 case rate · outpatient | $1,417 | $1,417 | $1,417 – $1,417 |
| 2 | Molina medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $1,417 | $1,417 | $1,417 – $1,417 |
| 3 | Oscar medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $1,466 | $1,466 | $1,466 – $1,466 |
| 4 | Aetna commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,467 | $1,467 | $1,467 – $1,467 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield managed care percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,510 | $1,510 | $1,510 – $1,510 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,537 | $1,537 | $1,537 – $1,537 |
| 7 | Cigna commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,605 | $1,605 | $1,414 – $1,795 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,801 | $1,801 | $1,730 – $1,871 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,969 | $1,969 | $1,969 – $1,969 |
| 10 | MultiPlan commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,176 | $2,176 | $2,176 – $2,176 |
| 11 | MultiPlan commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,176 | $2,176 | $2,176 – $2,176 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare commercial case rate · outpatient | $3,622 | $4,029 | $3,126 – $5,340 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare hmo case rate · outpatient | $6,181 | $6,181 | $6,181 – $6,181 |
Last updated: Nov 4, 2025
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