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Keyhole Placement of Heart Surface Pacing Wires

New York 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?

$4,124

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,124 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$813$692 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$1,514 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $912 to $8,913Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $617 to $1,585
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $3,311professional $813

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
$1,819.70
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,862.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,818.38
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,235.94
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,737.80
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,318.26
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$89,125.09
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$21,877.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,398.83
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,344.23
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,318.26
10 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$758.58
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,230.27
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$93.33
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$120.23
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,122.02
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,230.27
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$107.15
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$138.04
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where New York 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 York· 11th of 51

$4,124

$813 physician + $3,311 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.