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
Morgan City, LA
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Ochsner Morgan City Llc’s median price of $914 is 21% below the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 27% 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: 11 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 | $282.57 | $282.57 | $282.57 – $282.57 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $282.57 | $282.57 | $282.57 – $282.57 |
| 3 | Aetna Better Health all payor other · outpatient | $291.05 | $291.05 | $291.05 – $291.05 |
| 4 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor other · outpatient | $291.05 | $291.05 | $291.05 – $291.05 |
| 5 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $637.56 | $637.56 | $361.49 – $913.63 |
| 6 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $853.07 | $853.07 | $853.07 – $853.07 |
| 7 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $853.07 | $853.07 | $853.07 – $853.07 |
| 8 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $853.07 | $853.07 | $853.07 – $853.07 |
| 9 | MultiPlan all payor other · outpatient | $1,295 | $1,295 | $1,295 – $1,295 |
| 10 | Cigna all payor other · outpatient | $1,299 | $1,299 | $1,299 – $1,299 |
| 11 | First Health all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,495 | $1,495 | $1,495 – $1,495 |
| 12 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $1,576 | $1,531 | $853.07 – $1,757 |
| 13 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $1,903 | $1,903 | $1,903 – $1,903 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $2,616 | $2,616 | $2,616 – $2,616 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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