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
PR ABDOM PARACENTESIS DX/THER W/IMAGING GUIDANCE
Albany, NY
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Albany Medical Center Hospital’s median price of $337 is 71% below the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 7% 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: 7 payers, 70 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield essentialnonaliessa_csw_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $81.34 | $81.34 | $81.34 – $81.34 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield essentialaliessa-medicaid-chp-harp_ancillary providers_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $83.80 | $83.80 | $83.80 – $83.80 |
| 3 | Tricare all products_nonphysician_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $83.80 | $83.80 | $83.80 – $83.80 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield essentialnonaliessa_ancillary providers_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $92.18 | $92.18 | $92.18 – $92.18 |
| 5 | Highmark medicare_midlevel_nof professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $92.99 | $92.99 | $92.99 – $92.99 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield essentialaliessa-medicaid-chp-harp_md_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $98.59 | $98.59 | $98.59 – $98.59 |
| 7 | Highmark medicaid_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $98.59 | $98.59 | $98.59 – $98.59 |
| 8 | Tricare all products_physician_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $98.59 | $98.59 | $98.59 – $98.59 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare medicare_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $98.59 | $98.59 | $98.59 – $98.59 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $100.59 | $100.59 | $100.59 – $100.59 |
| 11 | Aetna medicare_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $102.53 | $102.53 | $102.53 – $102.53 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield essentialnonaliessa_md_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $108.45 | $108.45 | $108.45 – $108.45 |
| 13 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $109.16 | $109.16 | $109.16 – $109.16 |
| 14 | Highmark medicare_nof professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $109.40 | $109.40 | $109.40 – $109.40 |
| 15 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $134.09 | $134.09 | $134.09 – $134.09 |
| 16 | UnitedHealthcare veterans affairs community care network (vaccn) facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $134.09 | $134.09 | $134.09 – $134.09 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield individual_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $151.66 | $151.66 | $151.66 – $151.66 |
| 18 | Cigna commercial-select-exchange_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $152.44 | $152.44 | $152.44 – $152.44 |
| 19 | Blue Cross Blue Shield small group_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $179.55 | $179.55 | $179.55 – $179.55 |
| 20 | UnitedHealthcare all products_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $182.03 | $182.03 | $182.03 – $182.03 |
| 21 | Cigna commercial-select-exchange_peds_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $184.45 | $184.45 | $184.45 – $184.45 |
| 22 | Highmark all products_midlevel_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $185.40 | $185.40 | $185.40 – $185.40 |
| 23 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo-pos-ppo-epo-indemnity_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $191.52 | $191.52 | $191.52 – $191.52 |
| 24 | Aetna all products_all other md_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $201.00 | $201.00 | $201.00 – $201.00 |
| 25 | Highmark all products_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $218.12 | $218.12 | $218.12 – $218.12 |
Last updated: Dec 31, 2025
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