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Keyhole Placement of Heart Surface Pacing Wires

Maryland 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?

$955

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $955 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $891 to $1,000.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $661 to $661Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $776 to $1,862
$1K$2Kfacility $661professional $955

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,187.76
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,659.59
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,862.09
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 7.6 times more in Colorado than in Kentucky. 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.

Maryland· 47th of 51

$955

CO $6,761KY $891

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.