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Keyhole Placement of Heart Surface Pacing Wires

North Dakota 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?

$2,361

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,361 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,585 to the doctor who performs it, and $776 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$1,585$851 to $1,820
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$776$776 to $832

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $776 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $776 to $2,042
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $776professional $1,585

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
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,290.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 47th of 49

$2,361

$1,585 physician + $776 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.