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 PUNCTURE ASPIRATION, ABSCESS/HEMATOMA/BULLA/CYST
Orleans, LA
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Ochsner Clinic Foundation’s median price of $367 is 18% below the median hospital's median price ($445), higher than 26% 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: 12 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 fee schedule · outpatient | $115.61 | $146.68 | $109.76 – $366.83 |
| 2 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $255.33 | $255.33 | $143.83 – $366.83 |
| 3 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $295.43 | $295.43 | $295.43 – $295.43 |
| 4 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $344.00 | $344.00 | $344.00 – $344.00 |
| 5 | Humana all payor case rate · outpatient | $359.35 | $359.35 | $359.35 – $359.35 |
| 6 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $366.83 | $366.83 | $366.83 – $366.83 |
| 7 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $366.83 | $366.83 | $366.83 – $366.83 |
| 8 | Aetna Better Health all payor case rate · outpatient | $370.13 | $370.13 | $370.13 – $370.13 |
| 9 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor case rate · outpatient | $370.13 | $370.13 | $370.13 – $370.13 |
| 10 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $462.99 | $462.99 | $438.62 – $487.35 |
| 11 | First Health all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $641.25 | $641.25 | $641.25 – $641.25 |
| 12 | MultiPlan all payor other · outpatient | $684.00 | $684.00 | $684.00 – $684.00 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,817 | $1,394 | $359.35 – $2,005 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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