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
PERICARDIOCENTESIS W IMG
Chicago, IL
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Advocate Trinity Hospital’s median price of $3.4k is 83% above the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 85% of the 2,178 hospitals reporting CPT 33016. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 8 payers, 13 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 | Ambetter medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $2.3k | $2.3k | — | — | — | $2.3k – $2.3k |
| 2 | Molina medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $2.3k | $2.3k | — | — | — | $2.3k – $2.3k |
| 3 | Oscar medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $2.4k | $2.4k | — | — | — | $2.4k – $2.4k |
| 4 | Aetna commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3.2k | $3.2k | — | — | — | $3.2k – $3.2k |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield managed care percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3.3k | $3.3k | — | — | — | $3.3k – $3.3k |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3.3k | $3.3k | — | — | — | $3.3k – $3.3k |
| 7 | Cigna commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3.5k | $3.5k | $414 | 12% | — | $3.1k – $3.9k |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3.9k | $3.9k | $154 | 4% | — | $3.8k – $4.1k |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare commercial case rate · outpatient | $3.6k | $4.0k | $932 | 24% | — | $3.1k – $5.2k |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $4.3k | $4.3k | — | — | — | $4.3k – $4.3k |
| 11 | MultiPlan commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $4.7k | $4.7k | — | — | — | $4.7k – $4.7k |
| 12 | MultiPlan commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $4.7k | $4.7k | — | — | — | $4.7k – $4.7k |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare hmo case rate · outpatient | $6.1k | $6.1k | — | — | — | $6.1k – $6.1k |
Last updated: Nov 4, 2025
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