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 PUNCTURE ASPIRATION, ABSCESS/HEMATOMA/BULLA/CYST
Houma, LA
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Southern Regional Medical Corporation’s median price of $295 is 34% below the median hospital's median price ($445), higher than 20% of the 2,486 hospitals reporting CPT 10160. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 12 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 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $101.04 | $131.70 | $97.99 – $366.83 |
| 2 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $147.83 | $147.83 | $143.83 – $151.82 |
| 3 | MultiPlan all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $203.25 | $203.25 | $203.25 – $203.25 |
| 4 | Cigna all payor other · outpatient | $203.52 | $203.52 | $203.52 – $203.52 |
| 5 | First Health all payor other · outpatient | $216.80 | $216.80 | $216.80 – $216.80 |
| 6 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $295.43 | $295.43 | $295.43 – $295.43 |
| 7 | Humana all payor case rate · outpatient | $359.35 | $359.35 | $359.35 – $359.35 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $359.35 | $359.35 | $359.35 – $359.35 |
| 9 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $366.83 | $366.83 | $366.83 – $366.83 |
| 10 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $366.83 | $366.83 | $366.83 – $366.83 |
| 11 | Aetna Better Health all payor case rate · outpatient | $370.13 | $370.13 | $370.13 – $370.13 |
| 12 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor case rate · outpatient | $370.13 | $370.13 | $370.13 – $370.13 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $640.48 | $640.48 | $366.83 – $914.12 |
| 14 | Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,320 | $1,320 | $1,320 – $1,320 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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