Emergency pericardial drainage, age 6+, no congenital heart defect

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Provider: anthropic
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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

HC PERICARDIAL DRAIN PERQ W/ FLUORO/US GUID W/O CGEN CARDIAC ANOMALY 6+ YRS

Payers reporting CPT 33017

Payer pricing summary

Low

$198

Average

$2.3k

Median

$1.9k

High

$11.7k

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1	Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +28 other terms	109	$233	$876	$1.4k	163%	5–50	$1 – $7.7k
2	UnitedHealthcare case rate · outpatient · +34 other terms	380	$4.9k	$6.5k	$4.6k	71%	—	$1 – $30k
3	Aetna case rate · outpatient · +32 other terms	295	$9.8k	$10.5k	$7.5k	72%	—	$214 – $63.0k
4	Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +30 other terms	221	$1.9k	$3.5k	$5.0k	141%	—	$0 – $33.7k
5	Cigna case rate · outpatient · +33 other terms	208	$6.8k	$12.3k	$8.4k	68%	—	$1 – $40.7k
6	Anthem case rate · outpatient · +26 other terms	110	$5.2k	$5.7k	$3.6k	64%	—	$210 – $29.0k
7	Molina case rate · outpatient · +25 other terms	86	$2.6k	$3.8k	$4.5k	117%	—	$210 – $20.2k
8	WellCare fee schedule · both · +19 other terms	60	$214	$253	$104	41%	—	$204 – $672
9	Oscar case rate · outpatient · +21 other terms	57	$3.6k	$4.3k	$1.3k	31%	—	$3.3k – $7.3k
10	Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +27 other terms	56	$233	$925	$1.3k	141%	—	$20 – $4.4k
11	MultiPlan fee schedule · outpatient · +19 other terms	42	$2.7k	$3.1k	$1.8k	59%	—	$163 – $6.6k
12	Healthcare Highways case rate · outpatient · +3 other terms	39	$5.8k	$7.5k	$5.0k	67%	—	$2.1k – $14.6k
13	Regence professional · fee schedule · outpatient · +21 other terms	36	$235	$319	$197	62%	—	$94 – $756
14	Optum professional · fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms	34	$97	$129	$50	39%	—	$86 – $248
15	Superior Healthplan case rate · outpatient · +3 other terms	33	$948	$945	$7	1%	—	$929 – $948
16	Ambetter fee schedule · both · +17 other terms	27	$380	$441	$500	113%	—	$212 – $3.0k
17	Baylor Scott White Health Plan facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	26	$2.8k	$1.9k	$709	37%	—	$501 – $3.1k
18	Medica professional · fee schedule · outpatient · +19 other terms	26	$100	$114	$62	54%	—	$86 – $405
19	Highmark facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms	25	$212	$367	$217	59%	—	$115 – $968
20	Medicaid fee schedule · outpatient · +13 other terms	25	$167	$167	$199	119%	—	$1 – $692
21	Tricare professional · fee schedule · outpatient · +13 other terms	25	$126	$171	$55	32%	—	$105 – $238
22	Caresource facility · case rate · outpatient · +18 other terms	24	$664	$1.4k	$3.6k	260%	—	$213 – $21.5k
23	Medicare fee schedule · both · +16 other terms	24	$207	$192	$66	34%	—	$0 – $285
24	Devoted fee schedule · outpatient · +15 other terms	23	$233	$250	$106	42%	—	$228 – $849
25	Ucare professional · fee schedule · outpatient · +17 other terms	23	$90	$93	$18	19%	—	$68 – $167

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