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Temporary Pacing Wire Into the Heart

Ohio 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?

$4,461

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,461 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $195 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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$195$170 to $245
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$1,230 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $589 to $12,303Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $151 to $380
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,266professional $195

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
$457.09
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$8,912.51
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$19,054.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$302.00
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,244.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$407.38
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,760.83
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$407.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$245.47
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,754.23
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$478.63
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
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$58.88

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 32nd of 51

$4,461

$195 physician + $4,266 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.