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Keyhole Placement of Heart Surface Pacing Wires

Indiana 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?

$36,393

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $36,393 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $35,481 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 $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$35,481$21,878 to $44,668

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35,481 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $53,703Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $776 to $1,995
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $35,481professional $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
$870.96
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,071.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23,442.29
Median
$37,153.52
Typical High
$57,543.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,398.83
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 1st of 49

$36,393

$912 physician + $35,481 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.