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Keyhole Placement of Heart Surface Pacing Wires

Georgia 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?

$6,467

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,467 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,096 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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$1,096$912 to $1,622
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$2,951 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $13,804Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $832 to $2,188
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $1,096

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
$1,096.48
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,187.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14,791.08
Median
$26,915.35
Typical High
$40,738.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,290.87
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 16th of 49

$6,467

$1,096 physician + $5,370 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.