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Keyhole Placement of Heart Surface Pacing Wires

Arizona rates for HCPCS 33203

Placement of pacing wires directly onto the outer surface of the heart, done with a camera and slim instruments passed through small incisions between the ribs rather than by opening the chest. The wires are then connected to a pacemaker or defibrillator unit. This route is used when wires cannot be threaded to the heart through a vein.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Keyhole Placement of Heart Surface Pacing Wires cost?

$5,589

Typical total for the visit. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,589 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,677 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$912$871 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,677$2,239 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $13,804Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $776 to $4,169
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,677professional $912

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
$2,089.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$15,488.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$13,803.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23,442.29
Median
$23,442.29
Typical High
$23,442.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$5,128.61
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 22.5 times more in Indiana 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

Arizona· 22nd of 49

$5,589

$912 physician + $4,677 facility

IN $36,393MD $1,616

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.