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Drainage Tube Placed Around the Heart

New York 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?

$3,557

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,557 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$245$219 to $275
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$1,413 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $646 to $9,120Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $195 to $479
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,311professional $245

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
$1,819.70
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$15,488.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$912.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,585.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$436.52
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$812.83
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$891.25
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$478.63
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$331.13
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,365.16
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$724.44
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$354.81
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$331.13

Where New York 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 York· 7th of 51

$3,557

$245 physician + $3,311 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.