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Keyhole Placement of Heart Surface Pacing Wires

Oregon 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?

$3,208

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,208 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,660 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,549 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$1,660$1,259 to $2,089
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,549$1,413 to $1,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $2,754Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $2,570
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,549professional $1,660

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
$1,584.89
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,187.76
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,041.74
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,238.72
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,570.40
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,621.81
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,238.72
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,187.76
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$31,622.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,344.23

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 39th of 49

$3,208

$1,660 physician + $1,549 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.