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Keyhole Placement of Heart Surface Pacing Wires

Rhode Island 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?

$2,249

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,249 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,047 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,047$912 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$575 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $372 to $6,457Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $794 to $1,660
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,202professional $1,047

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
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 38th of 51

$2,249

$1,047 physician + $1,202 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.