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Temporary Pacing Wire Into the Heart

Missouri 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?

$5,294

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,294 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $282 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,012 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$282$204 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,012$2,399 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $16,218Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $166 to $851
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,012professional $282

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
$2,290.87
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$18,620.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$3,467.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$13,182.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$24,547.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$467.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$24,547.09
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$489.78
5 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
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$20.42

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 25th of 51

$5,294

$282 physician + $5,012 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.