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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 October 2026.

How much does Keyhole Placement of Heart Surface Pacing Wires cost?

$1,967

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,967 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,096 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$871$537 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,096$603 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $437 to $9,333Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $69 to $1,380
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $1,096professional $871

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
$1,096.48
Median
$22,908.68
Typical High
$131,825.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30,902.95
Median
$30,902.95
Typical High
$30,902.95
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,949.84
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 43rd of 51

$1,967

$871 physician + $1,096 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.