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
Burlington, VT
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University of Vermont Medical Center Inc’s median price of $933 is 20% below the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 30% 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, 25 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 | UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid/essential plans professional · fee schedule · both | $190.09 | $190.09 | $190.09 – $190.09 |
| 2 | Excellus managed medicaid/essential plans professional · fee schedule · both | $205.52 | $205.52 | $205.52 – $205.52 |
| 3 | Humana tricare professional · fee schedule · both | $252.20 | $252.20 | $231.75 – $272.65 |
| 4 | Aetna medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $259.05 | $259.05 | $238.04 – $280.05 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $278.66 | $278.66 | $278.66 – $278.66 |
| 6 | Excellus medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $280.05 | $280.05 | $280.05 – $280.05 |
| 7 | Excellus medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $435.40 | $435.40 | $435.40 – $435.40 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare commercial ppo for ny state employees professional · fee schedule · both | $566.49 | $566.49 | $520.56 – $612.41 |
| 9 | Excellus managed medicaid/essential plans facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $746.40 | $746.40 | $746.40 – $746.40 |
| 10 | Excellus commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $788.76 | $788.76 | $788.76 – $788.76 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $919.73 | $919.73 | $919.73 – $919.73 |
| 12 | Cigna behavioral health facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $933.00 | $933.00 | $933.00 – $933.00 |
| 13 | Humana tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $937.56 | $937.56 | $937.56 – $937.56 |
| 14 | Bcbs Vt the vermont health plan/vermont health partnership facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $971.32 | $971.32 | $971.32 – $971.32 |
| 15 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 – $1,000 |
| 16 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 – $1,000 |
| 17 | Bcbs Vt indemnity professional · fee schedule · both | $1,086 | $1,086 | $1,086 – $1,086 |
| 18 | Bcbs Vt the vermont health plan/vermont health partnership professional · fee schedule · both | $1,086 | $1,086 | $1,086 – $1,086 |
| 19 | Cigna commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $1,086 | $1,086 | $1,086 – $1,086 |
| 20 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,213 | $1,213 | $1,213 – $1,213 |
| 21 | Bcbs Vt indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,244 | $1,244 | $1,244 – $1,244 |
| 22 | UnitedHealthcare commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $1,333 | $1,333 | $1,333 – $1,333 |
| 23 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,404 | $1,404 | $1,404 – $1,404 |
| 24 | Excellus commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,530 | $1,530 | $1,530 – $1,530 |
| 25 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,531 | $1,531 | $1,531 – $1,531 |
Last updated: Oct 12, 2026
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