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Keyhole Placement of Heart Surface Pacing Wires

New Mexico 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?

$3,264

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,264 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,175 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$1,175$794 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$1,230 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $8,318Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $794 to $4,169
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $2,089professional $1,175

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,548.82
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,174.90
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,090.30
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 38th of 49

$3,264

$1,175 physician + $2,089 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.