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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 October 2026.

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

$2,297

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,297 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,445 to the doctor who performs it, and $851 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,445$1,096 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$851$676 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $550 to $3,715Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $891 to $2,399
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $851professional $1,445

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$12,589.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,348.96
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,398.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,479.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,698.24
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$741.31
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,737.80
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where Idaho sits

The same service costs 10.7 times more in Colorado 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· 36th of 51

$2,297

$1,445 physician + $851 facility

CO $15,603MD $1,454

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.