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Keyhole Placement of Heart Surface Pacing Wires

Idaho 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?

$4,222

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,222 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,202 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,202$1,023 to $1,549
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,585 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $794 to $5,495Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $891 to $2,399
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,020professional $1,202

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,513.56
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,398.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,621.81
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,698.24
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,778.28
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$26,302.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 29th of 49

$4,222

$1,202 physician + $3,020 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.