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
Orleans, LA
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Ochsner Clinic Foundation’s median price of $1.7k is 44% above the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 72% 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: 12 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 other · outpatient | $337.26 | $337.26 | $337.26 – $337.26 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $337.26 | $337.26 | $337.26 – $337.26 |
| 3 | Aetna Better Health all payor other · outpatient | $347.37 | $347.37 | $347.37 – $347.37 |
| 4 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor other · outpatient | $347.37 | $347.37 | $347.37 – $347.37 |
| 5 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $599.18 | $599.18 | $337.52 – $860.83 |
| 6 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $671.62 | $671.62 | $671.62 – $671.62 |
| 7 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $860.83 | $860.83 | $860.83 – $860.83 |
| 8 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $860.83 | $860.83 | $860.83 – $860.83 |
| 9 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $1,209 | $1,209 | $1,145 – $1,272 |
| 10 | First Health all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,674 | $1,674 | $1,674 – $1,674 |
| 11 | MultiPlan all payor other · outpatient | $1,786 | $1,786 | $1,786 – $1,786 |
| 12 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $1,926 | $1,860 | $860.83 – $2,196 |
| 13 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $3,196 | $3,196 | $3,196 – $3,196 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $3,930 | $3,930 | $3,737 – $4,123 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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