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Temporary Pacing Wires, Two Heart Chambers

Alabama rates for HCPCS 33211

Placement or replacement of temporary pacing wires that are threaded through a vein into the heart to control the heartbeat for a short time. Wires are positioned in two chambers so the upper and lower parts of the heart can be paced in a coordinated sequence. The wires are removed once the rhythm is stable or a permanent device is fitted.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Temporary Pacing Wires, Two Heart Chambers cost?

$3,049

Typical total for the visit. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,049 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $295 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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$295$191 to $295
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$1,905 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $6,457Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $162 to $372
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $295

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
$794.33
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$281.84

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 91.4 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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

Alabama· 38th of 50

$3,049

$295 physician + $2,754 facility

IN $34,089WV $373

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.