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Opening The Sac Around The Heart To Remove A Clot

Pennsylvania rates for HCPCS 33020

Opens the pericardium, the sac surrounding the heart, through a surgical incision so a blood clot or a foreign object trapped inside it can be taken out. Solid material in this space stops the heart filling properly and cannot simply be drained away. The sac may be left partly open afterwards so fluid does not build up again.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Opening The Sac Around The Heart To Remove A Clot cost?

$5,370

Typical facility fee. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,370 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,585 to $7,762.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $977 to $8,511
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,317.64
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,417.38
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$57,543.99
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,317.64
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,079.46

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 28.2 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. 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.

Pennsylvania· 13th of 49

$5,370

IN $22,387ND $794

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.