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 IMAG
Northridge, CA
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Dignity Community Care’s median price of $2.0k is 5% above the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 54% of the 2,161 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, 27 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 | Kaiser medicaid|< 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $201 | $201 | — | — | — | $201 – $201 |
| 2 | Kaiser medicaid|> 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $201 | $201 | — | — | — | $201 – $201 |
| 3 | Anthem medicaid|< 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $267 | $267 | — | — | — | $267 – $267 |
| 4 | Anthem medicaid|> 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $267 | $267 | — | — | — | $267 – $267 |
| 5 | Molina medicaid|< 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $281 | $281 | — | — | — | $281 – $281 |
| 6 | Molina medicaid|> 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $281 | $281 | — | — | — | $281 – $281 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $1.0k | $1.0k | — | — | — | $1.0k – $1.0k |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $1.4k | $1.4k | — | — | — | $1.4k – $1.4k |
| 9 | Aetna medicare|all plans case rate · outpatient | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | — | $2.0k – $2.0k |
| 10 | Anthem medicare|all plans case rate · outpatient | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | — | $2.0k – $2.0k |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | — | $2.0k – $2.0k |
| 12 | First Health commercial|all plans case rate · outpatient | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | — | $2.0k – $2.0k |
| 13 | Humana commercial|all plans case rate · outpatient | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | — | $2.0k – $2.0k |
| 14 | Humana medicare|all plans case rate · outpatient | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | — | $2.0k – $2.0k |
| 15 | Kaiser medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | — | $2.0k – $2.0k |
| 16 | Molina medicare|all plans case rate · outpatient | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | — | $2.0k – $2.0k |
| 17 | UnitedHealthcare medicare|all plans case rate · outpatient | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | — | $2.0k – $2.0k |
| 18 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|exchange case rate · outpatient | $2.1k | $2.1k | — | — | — | $2.1k – $2.1k |
| 19 | Anthem commercial|vivity case rate · outpatient | $2.4k | $2.4k | — | — | — | $2.4k – $2.4k |
| 20 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $2.6k | $2.6k | — | — | — | $2.6k – $2.6k |
| 21 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare|blueshield promise fee schedule · outpatient | $4.0k | $4.0k | — | — | — | $4.0k – $4.0k |
| 22 | Kaiser commercial|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $4.2k | $4.2k | — | — | — | $4.2k – $4.2k |
| 23 | Anthem commercial|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $4.4k | $4.4k | — | — | — | $4.4k – $4.4k |
| 24 | MultiPlan commercial|all plans fee schedule · inpatient | $4.9k | $4.9k | — | — | — | $4.9k – $4.9k |
| 25 | MultiPlan commercial|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $4.9k | $4.9k | — | — | — | $4.9k – $4.9k |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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