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/GUIDE - 435
Washington, DC
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Aiken Regional Medical Centers’s median price of $1.5k is 20% below the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 26% 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: 3 payers, 3 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 | Medcost managed_care percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1.3k | $1.1k | $337 | 32% | — | $583 – $1.3k |
| 2 | Humana managed_care percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $2.9k | $2.3k | $745 | 32% | — | $1.3k – $2.9k |
| 3 | MultiPlan managed_care percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $3.4k | $2.7k | $871 | 32% | — | $1.5k – $3.4k |
Last updated: Jan 1, 2026
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