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Keyhole Placement of Heart Surface Pacing Wires

Kansas 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?

$7,480

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,480 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,023 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,457 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$1,023$1,000 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,457$3,162 to $12,589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $17,783Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $832 to $1,349
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,457professional $1,023

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
$1,348.96
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,589.25
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$26,915.35
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 12th of 49

$7,480

$1,023 physician + $6,457 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.