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
ABD PARACENTESIS W/IMAGE
Hinton, WV
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Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc.’s median price of $524 is 55% below the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 12% 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, 9 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 | Anthem medicare advantage percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $480.76 | $480.76 | $480.76 – $480.76 |
| 2 | Humana medicare percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $480.76 | $480.76 | $480.76 – $480.76 |
| 3 | Optum veterans affairs plan percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $480.76 | $480.76 | $480.76 – $480.76 |
| 4 | WellCare medicare percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $480.76 | $480.76 | $480.76 – $480.76 |
| 5 | Aetna medicare percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $523.60 | $523.60 | $523.60 – $523.60 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare medicare percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $737.80 | $737.80 | $737.80 – $737.80 |
| 7 | Highmark commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,795 | $1,795 | $1,795 – $1,795 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,880 | $1,880 | $1,880 – $1,880 |
| 9 | Aetna commercial percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $2,094 | $2,094 | $2,094 – $2,094 |
Last updated: Jan 1, 2026
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