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Keyhole Placement of Heart Surface Pacing Wires

Pennsylvania 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?

$6,282

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,282 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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$912$851 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$1,585 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $955 to $8,511Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $776 to $1,585
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $912

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
$954.99
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,417.38
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,584.89
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,348.96
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,698.24
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,511.38
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,698.24
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$776.25
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 17th of 49

$6,282

$912 physician + $5,370 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.