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
Shreveport, LA
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Ochsner Lsu Health Shreveport - St. Mary Medical Center, Llc’s median price of $864 is 26% below the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 22% 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 Better Health all payor other · outpatient | $495.38 | $495.38 | $495.38 – $495.38 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor other · outpatient | $495.38 | $495.38 | $495.38 – $495.38 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $495.38 | $495.38 | $495.38 – $495.38 |
| 4 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $664.67 | $664.67 | $495.38 – $833.96 |
| 5 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $864.21 | $864.21 | $864.21 – $864.21 |
| 6 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $864.21 | $864.21 | $864.21 – $864.21 |
| 7 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $864.21 | $864.21 | $864.21 – $864.21 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $864.21 | $864.21 | $864.21 – $864.21 |
| 9 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $988.00 | $988.00 | $988.00 – $988.00 |
| 10 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $1,749 | $1,624 | $864.21 – $2,010 |
| 11 | Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,698 | $1,698 | $1,698 – $1,698 |
| 12 | First Health all payor other · outpatient | $1,698 | $1,698 | $1,698 – $1,698 |
| 13 | MultiPlan all payor other · outpatient | $1,719 | $1,719 | $1,719 – $1,719 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,970 | $1,970 | $1,741 – $2,198 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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