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Procedure price report · Other OR heart procedures

Drainage of fluid around the heart with drain, age 6 and up

CPT 33017the billing code this page is about

A catheter is placed through the skin into the sac around the heart and left in to keep draining fluid, with X-ray or ultrasound guidance; for patients 6 years or older without a congenital heart defect.

Hospitals typically charge $2,005 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,525 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,137. Most fall between $846 and $4,003 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,525
States
50
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,525 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$482$1,021$2,005$3,431$5,587

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($482 vs $5,587).

How the prices are spread

$327 – $451: 53 hospitals$327$451 – $623: 103 hospitals$623 – $859: 85 hospitals$623$859 – $1,186: 123 hospitals$1,186 – $1,636: 181 hospitals$1,186$1,636 – $2,258: 211 hospitals$2,258 – $3,116: 219 hospitals$2,258$3,116 – $4,301: 207 hospitals$4,301 – $5,935: 129 hospitals$4,301$5,935 – $8,190: 64 hospitals$5,935median $2,005price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,375 of 1,525 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$327$45153
$451$623103
$623$85985
$859$1,186123
$1,186$1,636181
$1,636$2,258211
$2,258$3,116219
$3,116$4,301207
$4,301$5,935129
$5,935$8,19064

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,005.

Alaska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,938 across 43 hospitalsWA$1,938Idaho: median $4,428 across 12 hospitalsID$4,428Montana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,118 across 30 hospitalsMN$2,118Illinois: median $1,630 across 61 hospitalsIL$1,630Wisconsin: median $1,424 across 52 hospitalsWI$1,424Michigan: median $924 across 58 hospitalsMI$924New York: median $913 across 42 hospitalsNY$913Massachusetts: median $2,312 across 17 hospitalsMA$2,312Oregon: median $1,311 across 32 hospitalsOR$1,311Nevada: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $3,475 across 10 hospitalsSD$3,475Iowa: median $1,576 across 20 hospitalsIA$1,576Indiana: median $2,840 across 40 hospitalsIN$2,840Ohio: median $3,518 across 93 hospitalsOH$3,518Pennsylvania: median $2,473 across 67 hospitalsPA$2,473New Jersey: median $5,339 across 32 hospitalsNJ$5,339Connecticut: median $1,990 across 13 hospitalsCT$1,990Rhode Island: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $2,183 across 119 hospitalsCA$2,183Utah: median $2,391 across 17 hospitalsUT$2,391Colorado: median $1,553 across 35 hospitalsCO$1,553Nebraska: median $1,217 across 18 hospitalsNE$1,217Missouri: median $1,864 across 37 hospitalsMO$1,864Kentucky: median $1,942 across 19 hospitalsKY$1,942West Virginia: median $2,148 across 19 hospitalsWV$2,148Virginia: median $1,641 across 35 hospitalsVA$1,641Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,170 across 28 hospitalsAZ$1,170New Mexico: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $1,752 across 19 hospitalsKS$1,752Arkansas: median $1,474 across 14 hospitalsAR$1,474Tennessee: median $942 across 29 hospitalsTN$942North Carolina: median $1,853 across 36 hospitalsNC$1,853South Carolina: median $1,975 across 32 hospitalsSC$1,975Oklahoma: median $1,591 across 27 hospitalsOK$1,591Louisiana: median $862 across 29 hospitalsLA$862Mississippi: median $597 across 21 hospitalsMS$597Alabama: median $2,047 across 20 hospitalsAL$2,047Georgia: median $1,556 across 56 hospitalsGA$1,556Hawaii: median $1,937 across 12 hospitalsHI$1,937Texas: median $2,819 across 146 hospitalsTX$2,819Florida: median $3,181 across 77 hospitalsFL$3,181
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,005. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ32$5,339+166%$2,880 – $7,897
Idaho ID12$4,428+121%$1,445 – $4,480
Ohio OH93$3,518+76%$2,721 – $6,447
South Dakota SD10$3,475+73%$1,912 – $3,794
Florida FL77$3,181+59%$1,511 – $4,398
Indiana IN40$2,840+42%$891 – $4,964
Texas TX146$2,819+41%$1,267 – $4,389
Pennsylvania PA67$2,473+23%$1,021 – $4,361
Utah UT17$2,391+19%$2,203 – $2,391
Massachusetts MA17$2,312+15%$545 – $3,248
California CA119$2,183+9%$616 – $4,253
West Virginia WV19$2,148+7%$262 – $3,693
Minnesota MN30$2,118+6%$533 – $2,782
Alabama AL20$2,047+2%$862 – $6,370
Connecticut CT13$1,990−1%$985 – $12,975
South Carolina SC32$1,975−1%$1,229 – $2,321
Kentucky KY19$1,942−3%$513 – $5,580
Washington WA43$1,938−3%$1,050 – $3,890
Hawaii HI12$1,937−3%$632 – $3,192
Missouri MO37$1,864−7%$792 – $4,150
North Carolina NC36$1,853−8%$1,570 – $2,347
Kansas KS19$1,752−13%$615 – $4,334
Virginia VA35$1,641−18%$1,158 – $2,196
Illinois IL61$1,630−19%$651 – $4,632
Oklahoma OK27$1,591−21%$689 – $3,751
Iowa IA20$1,576−21%$605 – $4,311
Georgia GA56$1,556−22%$1,200 – $3,318
Colorado CO35$1,553−23%$1,158 – $2,709
Arkansas AR14$1,474−26%$665 – $2,000
Wisconsin WI52$1,424−29%$1,378 – $2,753
Oregon OR32$1,311−35%$555 – $2,456
Nebraska NE18$1,217−39%$491 – $4,195
Arizona AZ28$1,170−42%$750 – $9,882
Tennessee TN29$942−53%$635 – $1,237
Michigan MI58$924−54%$298 – $2,173
New York NY42$913−54%$304 – $3,835
Louisiana LA29$862−57%$496 – $1,827
Mississippi MS21$597−70%$400 – $2,791
Alaska AK8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $2,005.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,332$2,025$879 – $3,945
Children’s43$2,889$977 – $4,812
Critical access142$1,424$467 – $3,794
Ownership
For-profit156$3,191$1,237 – $7,547
Government180$1,640$664 – $2,902
Non-profit1,181$1,986$841 – $3,837
System affiliation
Part of a system1,333$2,116$858 – $4,016
Independent192$1,832$700 – $3,945

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,488
Median cash price$2,005
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,197 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,100 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,101; most fall between $850 and $3,518.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,197 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$533$1,052$2,100$3,248$5,062

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($533 vs $5,062).

Of the 1,289 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,197 gave a usable cash price; 33 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 58 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,525 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (39%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,678 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,525
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here56
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded96
Hospitals that filed this code1,678

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other OR heart procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Perq Prcrd Drg 6yr+ W/O Congenital Car Anomaly.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Drainage of fluid around the heart with drain, age 6 and up (CPT 33017) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-33017-drainage-of-fluid-around-the-heart-with-drain-age-6-and-up