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Temporary Pacing Wire Into the Heart

Alaska rates for HCPCS 33210

A pacing wire is threaded through a vein into one chamber of the heart and connected to a pacemaker box outside the body, so the heart can be paced for a short period. It is used when the heartbeat is dangerously slow or pausing and support is needed until the rhythm recovers or a permanent device can be arranged. The wire is removed once it is no longer needed.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Temporary Pacing Wire Into the Heart cost?

$10,864

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,864 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $10,233 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$631$234 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$10,233$6,918 to $12,589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,233 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $20,893Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $195 to $1,023
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $10,233professional $631

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$16,982.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$16,595.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$35,481.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$562.34
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,288.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,288.25
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$15,488.17
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$35,481.34
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$24,547.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 30.9 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$10,864

$631 physician + $10,233 facility

CO $14,683MT $475

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.