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 ER ABD PARACENTESIS DX/THER W IMAGING GUIDANCE
Charlotte, NC
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Carolinas Medical Center’s median price of $1.7k is 51% 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: 15 payers, 59 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 | Molina managed medicaid case rate · outpatient | $75.38 | $75.38 | $75.38 – $75.38 |
| 5 | Cigna Healthspring medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $97.45 | $97.45 | $97.45 – $97.45 |
| 6 | Humana medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $99.40 | $99.40 | $99.40 – $99.40 |
| 7 | Aetna medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $100.86 | $100.86 | $100.86 – $100.86 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage case rate · both | $101.14 | $101.14 | $101.14 – $101.14 |
| 9 | Bcbs Nc local group commercial fee schedule · both | $207.95 | $207.95 | $207.95 – $207.95 |
| 10 | Bcbs Nc local individual commercial fee schedule · both | $219.75 | $219.75 | $219.75 – $219.75 |
| 11 | Bcbs Nc hmo-ppo managed care fee schedule · both | $273.62 | $273.62 | $273.62 – $273.62 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare iex commercial fee schedule · both | $309.76 | $309.76 | $309.76 – $309.76 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare hmo-ppo managed care fee schedule · both | $402.98 | $402.98 | $402.98 – $402.98 |
| 14 | Aetna broad network fee schedule · both | $631.43 | $631.43 | $631.43 – $631.43 |
| 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 | Humana medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $909.55 | $909.55 | $909.55 – $909.55 |
| 18 | Aetna medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $922.92 | $922.92 | $922.92 – $922.92 |
| 19 | Cigna Healthspring medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $936.30 | $936.30 | $936.30 – $936.30 |
| 20 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $939.06 | $939.06 | $939.06 – $939.06 |
| 21 | Aetna connected north carolina individual hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,039 | $1,039 | $1,039 – $1,039 |
| 22 | Ambetter cobranded commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,139 | $1,139 | $1,139 – $1,139 |
| 23 | Aetna connected north carolina individual hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,188 | $1,188 | $1,188 – $1,188 |
| 24 | UnitedHealthcare iex commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,267 | $1,267 | $1,267 – $1,267 |
| 25 | Bcbs Nc local group commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,272 | $1,272 | $925.96 – $1,619 |
Last updated: Dec 4, 2025
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