Drainage Window in the Sac Around the Heart

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 33025

An opening is cut in the pericardium, the tough sac surrounding the heart, so that fluid trapped inside it can drain away, and a piece of the sac is often removed so the opening does not seal over. Fluid building up in this space presses on the heart and stops it filling properly. This is an open surgical version rather than drainage through a needle.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Drainage Window in the Sac Around the Heart cost?

$7,687

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,687 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,457 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

16% physician fee84% facility fee

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 50 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the bill	Who charges it	Typical	Range
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it	The doctor who performs it	$1,230	$871 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center	The hospital or surgery center	$6,457	$2,344 to $12,589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $19,055Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $741 to $2,754

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	Facility/Professional	Modifier	Typical Low	Median	Typical High
Aetna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $933.25 Median $4,073.80 Typical High $11,748.98	Facility	Global	$933.25	$4,073.80	$11,748.98
BCBS Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $4,073.80 Median $11,748.98 Typical High $23,988.33	Facility	Global	$4,073.80	$11,748.98	$23,988.33
Cigna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $831.76 Median $2,137.96 Typical High $7,079.46	Facility	Global	$831.76	$2,137.96	$7,079.46
Cigna Setting Facility Modifier AS · PA/NP assist Typical Low $131.83 Median $131.83 Typical High $131.83	Facility	AS · PA/NP assist	$131.83	$131.83	$131.83
United Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $870.96 Median $3,090.30 Typical High $9,772.37	Facility	Global	$870.96	$3,090.30	$9,772.37

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 11.3 times more in Colorado than in Maryland. 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

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CO $17,519MD $1,552

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.