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Keyhole Placement of Heart Surface Pacing Wires

Virginia 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?

$3,172

Typical total for the visit. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,172 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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$933$851 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$1,047 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $525 to $10,715Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $759 to $1,445
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,239professional $933

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
$1,000.00
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$15,848.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,348.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,964.78
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$15,848.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,380.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,659.59
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
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$707.95

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 19th of 51

$3,172

$933 physician + $2,239 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.