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Temporary Pacing Wire Into the Heart

Virginia 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?

$5,888

Typical facility fee. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,888 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $355 to $10,965.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $195 to $16,982Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $135 to $302
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $5,888professional $200

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$17,378.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,748.98
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$15,848.93
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$199.53
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$371.54
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$354.81
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$27,542.29

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 20th of 50

$5,888

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.