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
Bay St. Louis, MS
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Ochsner Medical Center � Hancock Llc’s median price of $861 is 26% below the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 21% 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 | Cigna all payor other · outpatient | $594.80 | $594.80 | $594.80 – $594.80 |
| 2 | Bcbs Ms all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $750.21 | $750.21 | $744.96 – $755.45 |
| 3 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $770.53 | $770.53 | $671.62 – $869.44 |
| 4 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $774.75 | $774.75 | $774.75 – $774.75 |
| 5 | Cigna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $860.83 | $860.83 | $860.83 – $860.83 |
| 6 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $860.83 | $860.83 | $860.83 – $860.83 |
| 7 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $860.83 | $860.83 | $860.83 – $860.83 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $860.83 | $860.83 | $860.83 – $860.83 |
| 9 | WellCare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $860.83 | $860.83 | $860.83 – $860.83 |
| 10 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $869.44 | $869.44 | $869.44 – $869.44 |
| 11 | MultiPlan all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $951.68 | $951.68 | $951.68 – $951.68 |
| 12 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $1,197 | $1,197 | $1,197 – $1,197 |
| 13 | Ambetter all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $1,377 | $1,377 | $1,377 – $1,377 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $2,959 | $2,959 | $2,959 – $2,959 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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