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 PARACENTESIS, W/IMAGE GUIDE
LULING, LA
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Hospital Service District No. 1 Of The Parish Of St. Charles, State Of Louisiana’s median price of $839 is 28% below the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 20% 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, 16 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 all payor other · outpatient | $207.98 | $207.98 | $207.98 – $207.98 |
| 2 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $207.98 | $207.98 | $207.98 – $207.98 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $207.98 | $207.98 | $207.98 – $207.98 |
| 4 | Aetna Better Health all payor other · outpatient | $214.22 | $214.22 | $214.22 – $214.22 |
| 5 | MultiPlan all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $366.40 | $366.40 | $366.40 – $366.40 |
| 6 | First Health all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $389.30 | $389.30 | $389.30 – $389.30 |
| 7 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $577.66 | $577.66 | $337.52 – $817.79 |
| 8 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $671.62 | $671.62 | $671.62 – $671.62 |
| 9 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $678.00 | $678.00 | $678.00 – $678.00 |
| 10 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $860.83 | $860.83 | $860.83 – $860.83 |
| 11 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $860.83 | $860.83 | $860.83 – $860.83 |
| 12 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $860.83 | $860.83 | $860.83 – $860.83 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $860.83 | $860.83 | $860.83 – $860.83 |
| 14 | Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,093 | $1,093 | $1,093 – $1,093 |
| 15 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $1,165 | $1,142 | $860.83 – $1,306 |
| 16 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,974 | $1,974 | $1,974 – $1,974 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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