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Keyhole Placement of Heart Surface Pacing Wires

Ohio 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?

$8,013

Typical total for the visit. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,013 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,079 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$933$832 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,079$2,692 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $13,490Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $741 to $2,089
$100$1K$10Kfacility $7,079professional $933

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
$977.24
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$10,232.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$30,199.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21,379.62
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$21,379.62
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,584.89
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 10th of 49

$8,013

$933 physician + $7,079 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.