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Keyhole Placement of Heart Surface Pacing Wires

Colorado 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?

$21,805

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21,805 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $20,893 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$912$912 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$20,893$7,413 to $31,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20,893 · 10th to 90th $3,090 to $44,668Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $871 to $1,585
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50K$100Kfacility $20,893professional $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
$912.01
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,288.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,848.93
Median
$25,703.96
Typical High
$58,884.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,621.81
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,819.70
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,548.13
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,621.81
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,238.72

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 2nd of 49

$21,805

$912 physician + $20,893 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.