Abdominal fluid drainage procedure at Kemper CAH, Inc.

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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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

HC PARACENTESIS, W/OUT IMGE GUIDE

DeKalb, MS

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Kemper CAH, Inc.’s median price of $781 is 26% below the median hospital's median price ($1.0k), higher than 22% of the 2,354 hospitals reporting CPT 49082. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 49082 at Kemper CAH, Inc.

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 11 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 percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$523	$523	—	—	—	$523 – $523
2	Optum all payor other · outpatient	$657	$657	—	—	—	$657 – $657
3	UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient	$657	$657	—	—	—	$657 – $657
4	Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$672	$672	—	—	—	$672 – $672
5	Cigna all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$736	$736	—	—	—	$736 – $736
6	Bcbs Ms all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$745	$745	—	—	—	$745 – $745
7	Cigna Healthspring all payor other · outpatient	$773	$773	—	—	—	$773 – $773
8	Humana all payor other · outpatient	$773	$773	—	—	—	$773 – $773
9	Ambetter all payor other · outpatient	$781	$781	—	—	—	$781 – $781
10	Molina all payor other · outpatient	$781	$781	—	—	—	$781 – $781
11	WellCare all payor other · outpatient	$781	$781	—	—	—	$781 – $781
12	Aetna all payor other · outpatient	$838	$838	—	—	—	$838 – $838
13	MultiPlan all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$967	$967	—	—	—	$967 – $967
14	UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient	$1.2k	$1.2k	—	—	—	$1.2k – $1.2k

Last updated: Apr 1, 2026

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