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Drainage Tube Placed Around the Heart

New Mexico rates for HCPCS 33017

Drains fluid built up in the sac around the heart by passing a needle and then a small tube through the chest wall, using ultrasound or X-ray to guide it. The tube is left in so fluid can keep draining over the following hours or days. This is the version for older children and adults who do not have a heart problem present from birth.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Drainage Tube Placed Around the Heart cost?

$1,818

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,818 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$339$269 to $427
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$603 to $14,791

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $490 to $251,189Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $229 to $457
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $1,479professional $339

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$14,791.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44,668.36
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$50,118.72
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$457.09
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$125,892.54
Typical High
$251,188.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$512.86

Where New Mexico sits

The same service costs 10.1 times more in Maine than in Massachusetts. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

New Mexico· 23rd of 51

$1,818

$339 physician + $1,479 facility

ME $7,426MA $735

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.