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Temporary Pacing Wire Into the Heart

New York 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?

$6,777

Typical total for the visit. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,777 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $170 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,607 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$170$145 to $219
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,607$2,455 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,607 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $15,849Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $132 to $331
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $6,607professional $170

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
$1,819.70
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$616.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$15,848.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$302.00
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$12,882.50
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$15,488.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$588.84
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$645.65
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$316.23
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$257.04
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$89,125.09
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$21,877.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$478.63
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$1,071.52
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$263.03
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
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$21.38

Where New York 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

New York· 10th of 51

$6,777

$170 physician + $6,607 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.