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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HC ABD PARACENTESIS DX/THER W IMAGING GUIDANCE
Charlotte, NC
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Carolinas Medical Center’s median price of $2.0k is 74% above the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 81% 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: 12 payers, 36 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 | Amerihealth Caritas managed medicaid fee schedule · both | $61.85 | $61.85 | $61.85 – $61.85 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid fee schedule · both | $61.85 | $61.85 | $61.85 – $61.85 |
| 3 | WellCare managed medicaid fee schedule · both | $61.85 | $61.85 | $61.85 – $61.85 |
| 4 | Bcbs Nc medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $97.45 | $97.45 | $97.45 – $97.45 |
| 5 | Humana medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $99.40 | $99.40 | $99.40 – $99.40 |
| 6 | Aetna medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $100.86 | $100.86 | $100.86 – $100.86 |
| 7 | Cigna Healthspring medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $102.32 | $102.32 | $102.32 – $102.32 |
| 8 | Bcbs Nc hmo-ppo managed care fee schedule · both | $273.62 | $273.62 | $273.62 – $273.62 |
| 9 | Bcbs Nc local group commercial fee schedule · both | $273.62 | $273.62 | $273.62 – $273.62 |
| 10 | Bcbs Nc local individual commercial fee schedule · both | $273.62 | $273.62 | $273.62 – $273.62 |
| 11 | Aetna medicare advantage percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $745.16 | $745.16 | $745.16 – $745.16 |
| 12 | Bcbs Nc medicare advantage percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $745.16 | $745.16 | $745.16 – $745.16 |
| 13 | Cigna Healthspring medicare advantage percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $745.16 | $745.16 | $745.16 – $745.16 |
| 14 | Humana medicare advantage percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $745.16 | $745.16 | $745.16 – $745.16 |
| 15 | Amerihealth Caritas managed medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $855.37 | $855.37 | $855.37 – $855.37 |
| 16 | WellCare managed medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $871.45 | $871.45 | $871.45 – $871.45 |
| 17 | Medcost commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,216 | $1,216 | $1,216 – $1,216 |
| 18 | Medcost commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,255 | $1,255 | $1,255 – $1,255 |
| 19 | UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,280 | $1,280 | $1,280 – $1,280 |
| 20 | Bcbs Nc local group commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,584 | $1,584 | $1,584 – $1,584 |
| 21 | Bcbs Nc local individual commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,665 | $1,665 | $1,665 – $1,665 |
| 22 | Bcbs Nc local group commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,026 | $2,026 | $1,726 – $2,326 |
| 23 | Bcbs Nc hmo-ppo managed care percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,085 | $2,085 | $2,085 – $2,085 |
| 24 | Bcbs Nc local individual commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,288 | $2,288 | $1,571 – $3,006 |
| 25 | Magellan behavioral health percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,353 | $2,353 | $2,353 – $2,353 |
Last updated: Dec 4, 2025
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