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.
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Pericardiocentesis w/imaging
Devils Lake, ND
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Altru Hospital Devils Lake’s median price of $1.8k is 7% below the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 45% 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: 5 payers, 10 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 | Medica medicaid managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $481 | $481 | $353 | 74% | — | $127 – $834 |
| 2 | Medica medicaid managed care plan – hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $481 | $481 | $353 | 74% | — | $127 – $834 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $582 | $582 | — | — | — | $582 – $582 |
| 4 | Medica medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $633 | $633 | $404 | 64% | — | $230 – $1.0k |
| 5 | Medica all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.1k | $1.1k | $731 | 66% | — | $374 – $1.8k |
| 6 | Aetna medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 7 | Sanford Health Plan all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.2k | $2.2k | $321 | 15% | — | $1.9k – $2.5k |
| 8 | Aetna all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.5k | $2.4k | $502 | 21% | — | $1.7k – $2.9k |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.8k | $2.8k | — | — | — | $2.8k – $2.8k |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3.1k | $3.1k | — | — | — | $3.1k – $3.1k |
Last updated: Mar 1, 2026
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