CPT code 33017: Pericardial drainage, age 6+, no congenital anomaly2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Nebraska

In Nebraska, Medicare pays $190.26 for 33017 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

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Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What 33017 covers

This code describes percutaneous drainage of fluid from the pericardial space in a patient who is at least six years old and has no congenital cardiac anomaly. The procedure may be performed for a clinically significant pericardial effusion, including an effusion associated with cardiac tamponade. Cardiologists and other physicians who perform pericardial procedures may provide the service in a hospital or another procedural setting.

Choose the code based on the patient’s age and congenital cardiac history, and document the percutaneous drainage, indication, and relevant eligibility details. The code has a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. When multiple procedures are performed in one session, Medicare pays the highest-valued procedure in full and reduces the others to 50%. Modifier 50 is not appropriate for this single pericardial space. Medicare does not pay for an assistant at surgery, and co-surgeon and team-surgery reporting are not permitted for this procedure.

This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.

How Nebraska compares for 33017

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 33017 runs from $188.84 in Wisconsin to $275.54 in Alaska. Nebraska pays $190.26. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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33017 rates by state

Office rate range in each state. Select a state to see its payment localities.

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How the 33017 rate is calculated

Each of 33017’s three RVUs is multiplied by a geographic index (GPCI) for the payment locality, added up, and multiplied by the conversion factor. Drag the indexes or enter a ZIP to see what moves the rate.

Payment rules and modifiers for 33017

The CMS indicators that decide how 33017 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

Codes related to 33017

Related codes aren’t interchangeable: bill the code that matches the service performed.

How 33017 has changed in Nebraska

Price 33017 for an earlier date of service

Where the Nebraska rate applies

Nebraska is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 593 cities and communities in Nebraska. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Abie
• Adams
• Agnew
• Ainsworth
• Albion
• Alda
• Alexandria
• Allen

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Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.

CMS RVU26D · effective Oct 1, 2026 through the day before Jan 1, 2027

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