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
Jennings, LA
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Ochsner American Legion Hospital, LLC’s median price of $949 is 18% below the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 32% 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: 10 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 | Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient | $593.00 | $593.00 | $593.00 – $593.00 |
| 2 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $852.17 | $852.17 | $852.17 – $852.17 |
| 3 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $852.17 | $852.17 | $852.17 – $852.17 |
| 4 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $852.17 | $852.17 | $852.17 – $852.17 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $852.17 | $852.17 | $852.17 – $852.17 |
| 6 | WellCare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $852.17 | $852.17 | $852.17 – $852.17 |
| 7 | Aetna Better Health all payor other · outpatient | $948.78 | $948.78 | $948.78 – $948.78 |
| 8 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor other · outpatient | $948.78 | $948.78 | $948.78 – $948.78 |
| 9 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $948.78 | $948.78 | $948.78 – $948.78 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $948.78 | $948.78 | $948.78 – $948.78 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,205 | $1,205 | $1,205 – $1,205 |
| 12 | Cigna all payor other · outpatient | $1,300 | $1,300 | $1,300 – $1,300 |
| 13 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $1,317 | $1,317 | $852.17 – $1,781 |
| 14 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $1,665 | $1,503 | $852.17 – $1,665 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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