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
HC PARACENTESIS, W/IMAGE GUIDE
Baton Rouge, LA
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East Baton Rouge Medical Center, Llc’s median price of $1.3k is 10% above the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 56% 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, 14 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 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $416.14 | $416.14 | $416.14 – $416.14 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $416.14 | $416.14 | $416.14 – $416.14 |
| 3 | Aetna Better Health all payor other · outpatient | $428.62 | $428.62 | $428.62 – $428.62 |
| 4 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor other · outpatient | $428.62 | $428.62 | $428.62 – $428.62 |
| 5 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $671.62 | $671.62 | $671.62 – $671.62 |
| 6 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $862.07 | $862.07 | $862.07 – $862.07 |
| 7 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $862.07 | $862.07 | $862.07 – $862.07 |
| 8 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $862.07 | $862.07 | $862.07 – $862.07 |
| 9 | MultiPlan all payor other · outpatient | $1,273 | $1,273 | $1,273 – $1,273 |
| 10 | First Health all payor other · outpatient | $1,697 | $1,697 | $1,697 – $1,697 |
| 11 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $1,869 | $1,780 | $862.07 – $2,086 |
| 12 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,964 | $1,964 | $1,964 – $1,964 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $3,785 | $3,785 | $3,559 – $4,010 |
| 14 | Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient | $4,324 | $4,324 | $4,324 – $4,324 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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