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Drainage Of Fluid From Around The Heart

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 33010

A needle is passed through the chest wall into the sac surrounding the heart and the fluid collected there is drawn off. Removing it relieves pressure on the heart so it can fill and pump properly, and the fluid can also be sent for testing. This covers the first such drainage.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Drainage Of Fluid From Around The Heart cost?

$257

Typical facility fee. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $204 to $339.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $151 to $479Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $170 to $427
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $240professional $269

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$426.58
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$398.11
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$398.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$16,218.10
Typical High
$16,218.10

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 128.8 times more in New York than in South Carolina. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Minnesota· 19th of 33

$257

NY $3,890SC $30.20

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.