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Keyhole Placement of Heart Surface Pacing Wires

Utah 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?

$4,619

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,619 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,230$1,072 to $1,514
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$1,950 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $6,026Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $912 to $2,399
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,388professional $1,230

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
$1,230.27
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,318.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$2,454.71
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,819.70
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where Utah 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

Utah· 28th of 49

$4,619

$1,230 physician + $3,388 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.