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
Meridian, MS
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Rush Medical Foundation’s median price of $870 is 25% 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: 11 payers, 13 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 | Bcbs Ms all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $750.21 | $750.21 | $744.96 – $755.45 |
| 2 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $768.88 | $768.88 | $671.62 – $866.14 |
| 3 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $788.96 | $788.96 | $788.96 – $788.96 |
| 4 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $819.00 | $819.00 | $819.00 – $819.00 |
| 5 | Cigna Healthspring all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $857.57 | $857.57 | $857.57 – $857.57 |
| 6 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $857.57 | $857.57 | $857.57 – $857.57 |
| 7 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $857.57 | $857.57 | $857.57 – $857.57 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $857.57 | $857.57 | $857.57 – $857.57 |
| 9 | WellCare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $857.57 | $857.57 | $857.57 – $857.57 |
| 10 | MultiPlan all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $945.00 | $945.00 | $945.00 – $945.00 |
| 11 | Ambetter all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $1,201 | $1,201 | $1,201 – $1,201 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,731 | $1,731 | $1,731 – $1,731 |
| 13 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $2,704 | $2,704 | $2,704 – $2,704 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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