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Keyhole Placement of Heart Surface Pacing Wires

New Jersey 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 October 2026.

How much does Keyhole Placement of Heart Surface Pacing Wires cost?

$2,981

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,981 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 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$891$794 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$1,000 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $398 to $11,220Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $759 to $2,138
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,089professional $891

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,882.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$33,113.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,137.96
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 10.7 times more in Colorado 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 Jersey· 21st of 51

$2,981

$891 physician + $2,089 facility

CO $15,603MD $1,454

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.