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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 July 2026.

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

$5,412

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,412 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,047 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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$1,047$851 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$2,630 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $10,233Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $741 to $2,455
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,365professional $1,047

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
$1,000.00
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,630.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,120.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$37,153.52
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,801.89
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,019.95
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,621.81
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,479.11
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$53,703.18
Typical High
$89,125.09
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$36,307.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,884.03
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,454.71
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where New York 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 York· 23rd of 49

$5,412

$1,047 physician + $4,365 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.