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
Houma, LA
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Southern Regional Medical Corporation’s median price of $861 is 26% below the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 21% 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: 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 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $248.38 | $248.38 | $248.38 – $248.38 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $248.38 | $248.38 | $248.38 – $248.38 |
| 3 | Aetna Better Health all payor other · outpatient | $255.83 | $255.83 | $255.83 – $255.83 |
| 4 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor other · outpatient | $255.83 | $255.83 | $255.83 – $255.83 |
| 5 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $346.90 | $346.90 | $337.52 – $356.27 |
| 6 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $671.62 | $671.62 | $671.62 – $671.62 |
| 7 | MultiPlan all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $699.00 | $699.00 | $699.00 – $699.00 |
| 8 | Cigna all payor other · outpatient | $699.93 | $699.93 | $699.93 – $699.93 |
| 9 | First Health all payor other · outpatient | $745.60 | $745.60 | $745.60 – $745.60 |
| 10 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $860.83 | $860.83 | $860.83 – $860.83 |
| 11 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $860.83 | $860.83 | $860.83 – $860.83 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $1,503 | $1,503 | $860.83 – $2,145 |
| 13 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $1,603 | $1,538 | $860.83 – $1,794 |
| 14 | Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,768 | $1,768 | $1,768 – $1,768 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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