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Procedure price report · Other OR heart procedures

Drain around the heart placed using CT guidance

CPT 33019the billing code this page is about

A catheter is placed through the skin into the sac around the heart and left in to drain fluid, with the placement guided by CT scanning.

Hospitals typically charge $2,016 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 758 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,012. Most fall between $598 and $3,835 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
758
States
47
Filings dated
Feb 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 758 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
$354$777$2,016$3,378$5,467

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($354 vs $5,467).

How the prices are spread

$262 – $368: 51 hospitals$262$368 – $518: 36 hospitals$518 – $729: 57 hospitals$518$729 – $1,025: 52 hospitals$1,025 – $1,441: 83 hospitals$1,025$1,441 – $2,026: 72 hospitals$2,026 – $2,850: 138 hospitals$2,026$2,850 – $4,008: 103 hospitals$4,008 – $5,637: 67 hospitals$4,008$5,637 – $7,927: 38 hospitals$5,637median $2,016price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (697 of 758 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$262$36851
$368$51836
$518$72957
$729$1,02552
$1,025$1,44183
$1,441$2,02672
$2,026$2,850138
$2,850$4,008103
$4,008$5,63767
$5,637$7,92738

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,016.

Alaska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $2,210 across 34 hospitalsWA$2,210Idaho: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,166 across 10 hospitalsMN$1,166Illinois: median $2,447 across 34 hospitalsIL$2,447Wisconsin: median $1,235 across 29 hospitalsWI$1,235Michigan: median $262 across 24 hospitalsMI$262New York: median $777 across 29 hospitalsNY$777Massachusetts: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,121 across 24 hospitalsOR$1,121Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $1,581 across 18 hospitalsIA$1,581Indiana: median $3,968 across 23 hospitalsIN$3,968Ohio: median $3,454 across 57 hospitalsOH$3,454Pennsylvania: median $2,000 across 20 hospitalsPA$2,000New Jersey: median $5,339 across 28 hospitalsNJ$5,339Connecticut: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $2,309 across 87 hospitalsCA$2,309Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $1,332 across 12 hospitalsMO$1,332Kentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $1,927 across 15 hospitalsVA$1,927Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $701 across 14 hospitalsAZ$701New Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $1,080 across 16 hospitalsTN$1,080North Carolina: median $2,816 across 25 hospitalsNC$2,816South Carolina: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $354 across 11 hospitalsOK$354Louisiana: median $1,256 across 11 hospitalsLA$1,256Mississippi: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $2,265 across 30 hospitalsGA$2,265Hawaii: median $586 across 11 hospitalsHI$586Texas: median $2,715 across 50 hospitalsTX$2,715Florida: median $2,600 across 34 hospitalsFL$2,600
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,016. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ28$5,339+165%$2,809 – $9,827
Indiana IN23$3,968+97%$433 – $5,831
Ohio OH57$3,454+71%$2,353 – $7,688
North Carolina NC25$2,816+40%$1,808 – $2,934
Texas TX50$2,715+35%$1,091 – $3,354
Florida FL34$2,600+29%$1,456 – $4,318
Illinois IL34$2,447+21%$433 – $4,997
California CA87$2,309+15%$577 – $5,383
Georgia GA30$2,265+12%$1,200 – $2,688
Washington WA34$2,210+10%$1,052 – $2,748
Pennsylvania PA20$2,000−1%$721 – $4,070
Virginia VA15$1,927−4%$787 – $2,432
Iowa IA18$1,581−22%$490 – $4,011
Missouri MO12$1,332−34%$1,332 – $2,123
Louisiana LA11$1,256−38%$776 – $1,974
Wisconsin WI29$1,235−39%$1,184 – $1,571
Minnesota MN10$1,166−42%$516 – $4,470
Oregon OR24$1,121−44%$374 – $2,464
Tennessee TN16$1,080−46%$914 – $1,197
New York NY29$777−61%$282 – $4,214
Arizona AZ14$701−65%$483 – $927
Hawaii HI11$586−71%$208 – $2,131
Oklahoma OK11$354−82%$354 – $354
Michigan MI24$262−87%$262 – $1,933
Colorado CO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not 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 $2,016.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care652$2,130$633 – $3,797
Children’s23$2,429$707 – $4,997
Critical access79$1,235$433 – $3,337
Ownership
For-profit57$1,603$433 – $3,354
Government93$1,656$618 – $2,816
Non-profit604$2,163$598 – $4,011
System affiliation
Part of a system688$2,131$664 – $3,871
Independent70$1,127$470 – $3,320

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,391
Median cash price$2,016
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

609 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,163 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,049; most fall between $598 and $3,797.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 609 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
$374$779$2,163$3,354$5,467

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($374 vs $5,467).

Of the 664 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 609 gave a usable cash price; 27 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 28 a list price only.

How complete is this

758 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (19%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 850 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted758
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here38
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 — excluded53
Hospitals that filed this code850

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 Pericardial Drg W/Insj Ndwellg Cath W/CT.

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.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Drain around the heart placed using CT guidance (CPT 33019) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-33019-drain-around-the-heart-placed-using-ct-guidance