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Temporary Pacing Wire Into the Heart

South Carolina 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 July 2026.

How much does Temporary Pacing Wire Into the Heart cost?

$16,218

Typical facility fee. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16,218 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $8,913 to $22,909.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16,218 · 10th to 90th $245 to $60,256
$200$1K$5K$20K$100Kfacility $16,218

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$20,417.38
Typical High
$131,825.67
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$24,547.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$7,079.46
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$32,359.37

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 199.5 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. 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.

South Carolina· 5th of 50

$16,218

IN $33,113ND $166

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.