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
HC PERICARDIAL DRAIN PERQ W/ FLUORO/US GUID 0-5 YRS OR ANY W/ CGEN CARDIAC ANOMALY
Low
$193
Average
$2.5k
Median
$2.4k
High
$7.4k
Each payer's average rate across its hospitals, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
60 payers; the 90th percentile is 8.7× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many payers fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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| 1 | UnitedHealthcare case rate · outpatient · +31 other terms | 370 | $5.6k | $6.4k | $4.7k | 74% | — | $1 – $30k |
| 2 | Aetna case rate · outpatient · +27 other terms | 281 | $10.2k | $10.8k | $7.5k | 69% | — | $251 – $63.0k |
| 3 | Cigna case rate · outpatient · +29 other terms | 202 | $6.8k | $12.1k | $8.6k | 71% | — | $273 – $40.7k |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +26 other terms | 189 | $2.4k | $4.0k | $5.2k | 130% | — | $0 – $33.7k |
| 5 | Anthem case rate · outpatient · +25 other terms | 110 | $5.4k | $5.7k | $3.7k | 65% | — | $246 – $29.0k |
| 6 | Molina case rate · outpatient · +17 other terms | 86 | $2.6k | $3.9k | $4.5k | 115% | — | $246 – $20.2k |
| 7 | Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +24 other terms | 85 | $273 | $980 | $1.5k | 154% | — | $141 – $7.7k |
| 8 | Oscar case rate · outpatient · +17 other terms | 57 | $3.6k | $4.2k | $1.3k | 31% | — | $3.3k – $7.3k |
| 9 | WellCare facility · case rate · outpatient · +13 other terms | 45 | $12.6k | $9.7k | $7.1k | 73% | — | $237 – $19.0k |
| 10 | Healthcare Highways case rate · outpatient · +2 other terms | 39 | $5.8k | $7.6k | $5.1k | 67% | — | $2.1k – $14.6k |
| 11 | Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +21 other terms | 39 | $273 | $619 | $930 | 150% | — | $239 – $4.2k |
| 12 | Superior Healthplan case rate · outpatient · +2 other terms | 33 | $948 | $944 | $8 | 1% | — | $929 – $948 |
| 13 | Baylor Scott White Health Plan facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 26 | $1.6k | $1.2k | $355 | 29% | — | $331 – $1.7k |
| 14 | Regence professional · fee schedule · outpatient · +13 other terms | 26 | $276 | $469 | $228 | 48% | — | $276 – $887 |
| 15 | Medica case rate · outpatient · +14 other terms | 25 | $2.3k | $1.9k | $596 | 32% | — | $671 – $2.9k |
| 16 | Ambetter case rate · outpatient · +16 other terms | 23 | $2.0k | $6.4k | $9.9k | 155% | — | $0 – $39.3k |
| 17 | Bcbs La fee schedule · outpatient · +3 other terms | 22 | $2.0k | $2.0k | $461 | 23% | — | $691 – $2.9k |
| 18 | Devoted fee schedule · outpatient · +11 other terms | 22 | $273 | $297 | $121 | 41% | — | $267 – $849 |
| 19 | Caresource facility · case rate · outpatient · +15 other terms | 21 | $684 | $1.9k | $4.5k | 235% | — | $250 – $21.5k |
| 20 | Medicare fee schedule · outpatient · +8 other terms | 19 | $267 | $264 | $6 | 2% | — | $246 – $273 |
| 21 | Optum facility · case rate · outpatient · +17 other terms | 18 | $656 | $3.1k | $5.0k | 159% | — | $266 – $14.7k |
| 22 | Highmark fee schedule · outpatient · +14 other terms | 17 | $345 | $579 | $1.3k | 217% | — | $183 – $7.7k |
| 23 | MultiPlan fee schedule · outpatient · +17 other terms | 16 | $2.5k | $2.9k | $1.5k | 51% | — | $191 – $4.9k |
| 24 | Bcbs Tx fee schedule · outpatient · +3 other terms | 15 | $450 | $468 | $116 | 25% | — | $265 – $1.0k |
| 25 | Aetna Better Health professional · fee schedule · both · +12 other terms | 14 | $220 | $234 | $38 | 16% | — | $196 – $342 |
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