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Keyhole Placement of Heart Surface Pacing Wires

New Hampshire 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?

$11,321

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,321 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,549 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,772 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$1,549$912 to $1,950
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,772$3,090 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,772 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $11,749Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $776 to $2,512
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $9,772professional $1,549

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
$100.00
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,230.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$19,952.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,344.23
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,090.30

Where New Hampshire 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

New Hampshire· 4th of 49

$11,321

$1,549 physician + $9,772 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.