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
Arlington, TX
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AMH Cath Labs LLC’s median price of $2.5k is 31% above the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 69% 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: 9 payers, 35 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield managed medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $446 | $446 | — | — | — | $446 – $446 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $446 | $446 | — | — | — | $446 – $446 |
| 3 | WellCare managed medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $469 | $469 | — | — | — | $469 – $469 |
| 4 | Molina managed medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $482 | $482 | — | — | — | $482 – $482 |
| 5 | Aetna managed medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $491 | $491 | — | — | — | $491 – $491 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield exchange percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.5k | $1.5k | $65 | 4% | — | $1.4k – $1.6k |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 8 | Humana medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 9 | Humana medicare advantage ppo case rate · outpatient | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 10 | Molina medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $1.7k | $1.7k | — | — | — | $1.7k – $1.7k |
| 11 | WellCare medicare advantage hmo case rate · outpatient | $1.7k | $1.7k | — | — | — | $1.7k – $1.7k |
| 12 | WellCare medicare advantage mmp case rate · outpatient | $1.7k | $1.7k | — | — | — | $1.7k – $1.7k |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage ppo case rate · outpatient | $1.8k | $1.8k | — | — | — | $1.8k – $1.8k |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage hmo case rate · outpatient | $1.8k | $1.8k | — | — | — | $1.8k – $1.8k |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield exchange case rate · outpatient | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | — | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 16 | Aetna whole health percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.1k | $2.1k | $23 | 1% | — | $2.0k – $2.1k |
| 17 | UnitedHealthcare all payer case rate · outpatient | $2.4k | $2.4k | — | — | — | $2.4k – $2.4k |
| 18 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.7k | $2.7k | $429 | 16% | — | $2.3k – $3.2k |
| 19 | Cigna oap/hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.7k | $2.7k | — | — | — | $2.7k – $2.7k |
| 20 | Aetna commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.8k | $2.8k | $31 | 1% | — | $2.7k – $2.8k |
| 21 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.9k | $2.9k | $300 | 11% | — | $2.6k – $3.2k |
| 22 | UnitedHealthcare ppo case rate · outpatient | $3.1k | $3.1k | — | — | — | $3.1k – $3.1k |
| 23 | Phcs ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3.4k | $3.4k | — | — | — | $3.4k – $3.4k |
| 24 | Cigna ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3.5k | $3.5k | — | — | — | $3.5k – $3.5k |
| 25 | Aetna asa percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3.5k | $3.5k | — | — | — | $3.5k – $3.5k |
Last updated: Apr 21, 2026
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