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 PUNCTURE ASPIRATION, ABSCESS/HEMATOMA/BULLA/CYST
ST, LA
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Kaplan General Hospital, Inc’s median price of $112 is 75% below the median hospital's median price ($445), higher than 5% of the 2,486 hospitals reporting CPT 10160. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 10 payers, 13 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 | Bcbs La all payor other · outpatient | $75.60 | $75.60 | $75.60 – $75.60 |
| 2 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $75.60 | $75.60 | $75.60 – $75.60 |
| 3 | Optum all payor other · outpatient | $75.60 | $75.60 | $75.60 – $75.60 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $75.60 | $75.60 | $75.60 – $75.60 |
| 5 | WellCare all payor other · outpatient | $75.60 | $75.60 | $75.60 – $75.60 |
| 6 | Tricare all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $88.05 | $88.05 | $88.05 – $88.05 |
| 7 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $90.55 | $90.55 | $75.60 – $105.50 |
| 8 | Cigna all payor other · outpatient | $117.60 | $117.60 | $117.60 – $117.60 |
| 9 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $125.39 | $125.39 | $120.15 – $130.63 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $271.83 | $271.83 | $194.00 – $349.65 |
| 11 | Aetna Better Health all payor case rate · outpatient | $349.65 | $349.65 | $349.65 – $349.65 |
| 12 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor case rate · outpatient | $349.65 | $349.65 | $349.65 – $349.65 |
| 13 | Humana all payor case rate · outpatient | $349.65 | $349.65 | $349.65 – $349.65 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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