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Abdominal fluid drainage (paracentesis) in North Carolina: what insurers pay

Posted commercial rates at 24 North Carolina hospitals, each next to its own Medicare base rate.

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CPT 49083

HospitalMedian across insurers× MedicareInsurersFile date
Frye Regional Medical Center Hickory$8280.9×42026-07-08
Unc Health Blue Ridge Morganton$8771.0×12026-04-01
Sampson Regional Medical Center Clinton$8841.0×32026-05-07
Catawba Valley Medical Center Hickory$9801.1×3
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton$1,0991.3×12025-12-01
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord$1,1151.3×12025-12-01
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte$1,1151.3×12025-12-05
Atrium Health Union Monroe$1,1151.3×12025-12-04
Atrium Health University City Charlotte$1,1151.3×12025-12-05
Unc Rockingham Eden$1,3351.5×22026-04-01
UNC Hospitals (Chapel Hill) Chapel Hill$1,6401.8×62026-04-01
UNC Health Johnston Smithfield$1,6401.8×42026-04-01
Caldwell Memorial Hospital Lenoir$1,7172.0×62026-04-01
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center Wilmington$1,7281.9×32026-03-30
Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center Winston-Salem$1,9052.2×62026-03-30
Cape Fear Valley Medical Center Fayetteville$2,2462.5×12026-03-21
Cape Fear Valley Hoke Hospital Raeford$2,2462.5×12026-03-30
Harris Regional Hospital Sylva$2,3442.7×12026-07-10
Caromont Regional Medical Center Gastonia$2,4052.7×42026-05-11
Central Carolina Hospital Sanford$2,6013.0×12026-07-20
Rutherford Regional Medical Center Rutherfordton$2,7483.2×12026-07-10
UNC Rex Hospital Raleigh$3,1423.4×52026-04-01
Person Memorial Hospital Roxboro$4,0694.5×22026-07-10
Lake Norman Regional Medical Center Mooresville$4,3544.9×22026-04-01

Questions

How much do insurers pay for abdominal fluid drainage (paracentesis) in North Carolina?

24 North Carolina hospitals post usable commercial rates for abdominal fluid drainage (paracentesis) in their federal price-transparency files. For CPT 49083, hospital outpatient, the median across 24 hospitals is $1,679, 1.9× each hospital's local Medicare base rate. Your share depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance; the surgeon and anesthesia bill separately.