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/OUT IMGE GUIDE
ST, LA
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Kaplan General Hospital, Inc’s median price of $1.3k is 27% above the median hospital's median price ($1.0k), higher than 66% of the 2,354 hospitals reporting CPT 49082. 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, 12 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 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $834 | $834 | — | — | — | $834 – $834 |
| 2 | Bcbs La all payor other · outpatient | $1.0k | $1.0k | — | — | — | $1.0k – $1.0k |
| 3 | Optum all payor other · outpatient | $1.0k | $1.0k | — | — | — | $1.0k – $1.0k |
| 4 | WellCare all payor other · outpatient | $1.0k | $1.0k | — | — | — | $1.0k – $1.0k |
| 5 | Tricare all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | — | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 6 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $1.2k | $1.2k | $205 | 17% | — | $1.0k – $1.4k |
| 7 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $1.4k | $1.4k | $377 | 27% | — | $1.0k – $1.8k |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $1.4k | $1.4k | $377 | 27% | — | $1.0k – $1.8k |
| 9 | Cigna all payor other · outpatient | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 10 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $1.7k | $1.7k | $69 | 4% | — | $1.6k – $1.7k |
| 11 | Aetna Better Health all payor other · outpatient | $1.8k | $1.8k | — | — | — | $1.8k – $1.8k |
| 12 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor other · outpatient | $1.8k | $1.8k | — | — | — | $1.8k – $1.8k |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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