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Drainage Tube Into The Sac Around The Heart

Maryland rates for HCPCS 33019

Places a thin drainage tube through the skin into the pericardium, the sac surrounding the heart, so that fluid collecting there can drain away instead of squeezing the heart and limiting its filling. Imaging is used to guide the tube safely into place. The tube is left in for a period so drainage can continue and be measured.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Drainage Tube Into The Sac Around The Heart cost?

$257

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $219 to $513.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,380Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $191 to $457
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $562professional $229

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$537.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$562.34
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$281.84

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in Wisconsin than in Kentucky. 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.

Maryland· 48th of 51

$257

WI $1,000KY $219

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.