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Temporary Pacing Wire Into the Heart

West 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 October 2026.

How much does Temporary Pacing Wire Into the Heart cost?

$3,465

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,465 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $229 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$229$170 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,905 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $251 to $12,303Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $151 to $537
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,236professional $229

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,344.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$186.21
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$12,302.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$22,908.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$457.09

Where West Virginia 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

West Virginia· 42nd of 51

$3,465

$229 physician + $3,236 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.