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Keyhole Placement of Heart Surface Pacing Wires

South Carolina 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?

$10,192

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,192 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,120 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,072$794 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,120$1,479 to $30,903

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,120 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $131,826Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $794 to $1,622
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $9,120professional $1,072

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
$1,096.48
Median
$22,908.68
Typical High
$131,825.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30,199.52
Median
$30,199.52
Typical High
$30,199.52
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,905.46
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 5th of 49

$10,192

$1,072 physician + $9,120 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.