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.
Original text from hospital filings
PR ABDOM PARACENTESIS DX/THER W/IMAGING GUIDANCE
Middlebury, VT
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Porter Hospital Inc’s median price of $498 is 57% below the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 11% 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: 7 payers, 21 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 tricare professional · fee schedule · both | $93.63 | $93.63 | $93.63 – $93.63 |
| 2 | Aetna medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $98.56 | $98.56 | $98.56 – $98.56 |
| 3 | Bcbs Vt medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $113.34 | $113.34 | $113.34 – $113.34 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $180.76 | $180.76 | $180.76 – $180.76 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid/essential plans professional · fee schedule · both | $185.48 | $185.48 | $185.48 – $185.48 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare commercial ppo for ny state employees professional · fee schedule · both | $196.35 | $196.35 | $180.43 – $212.26 |
| 7 | MultiPlan group health professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $222.30 | $222.30 | $222.30 – $222.30 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $272.65 | $272.65 | $272.65 – $272.65 |
| 9 | Bcbs Vt indemnity/the vermont health plan/vermont health partnership professional · fee schedule · both | $385.69 | $385.69 | $385.69 – $385.69 |
| 10 | Cigna commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $497.67 | $497.67 | $497.67 – $497.67 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $649.00 | $649.00 | $649.00 – $649.00 |
| 12 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $731.32 | $731.32 | $731.32 – $731.32 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $731.32 | $731.32 | $731.32 – $731.32 |
| 14 | Bcbs Vt medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $746.88 | $746.88 | $746.88 – $746.88 |
| 15 | Humana tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $890.68 | $890.68 | $890.68 – $890.68 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,214 | $1,214 | $1,214 – $1,214 |
| 17 | Bcbs Vt indemnity facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,355 | $1,355 | $1,355 – $1,355 |
| 18 | Bcbs Vt the vermont health plan/vermont health partnership facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,355 | $1,355 | $1,355 – $1,355 |
| 19 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,415 | $1,415 | $1,415 – $1,415 |
| 20 | MultiPlan group health facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,478 | $1,478 | $1,478 – $1,478 |
| 21 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,540 | $1,540 | $1,540 – $1,540 |
Last updated: Apr 28, 2026
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