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
Morton, MS
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Scott Regional Medical Center, Inc.’s median price of $735 is 37% below the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 17% 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 percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $505.00 | $505.00 | $505.00 – $505.00 |
| 2 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $671.62 | $671.62 | $671.62 – $671.62 |
| 3 | Cigna Healthspring all payor other · outpatient | $690.00 | $690.00 | $690.00 – $690.00 |
| 4 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $690.00 | $690.00 | $690.00 – $690.00 |
| 5 | Optum all payor other · outpatient | $690.00 | $690.00 | $690.00 – $690.00 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $690.00 | $690.00 | $690.00 – $690.00 |
| 7 | Ambetter all payor other · outpatient | $696.90 | $696.90 | $696.90 – $696.90 |
| 8 | Molina all payor other · outpatient | $696.90 | $696.90 | $696.90 – $696.90 |
| 9 | WellCare all payor other · outpatient | $696.90 | $696.90 | $696.90 – $696.90 |
| 10 | Bcbs Ms all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $744.96 | $744.96 | $744.96 – $744.96 |
| 11 | Cigna all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $768.66 | $768.66 | $768.66 – $768.66 |
| 12 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $897.00 | $897.00 | $897.00 – $897.00 |
| 13 | MultiPlan all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,035 | $1,035 | $1,035 – $1,035 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,182 | $1,182 | $1,182 – $1,182 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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