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Temporary Pacing Wires, Two Heart Chambers

Arkansas 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?

$2,199

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,199 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $204 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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$204$162 to $240
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,514 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $245 to $10,471Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $158 to $275
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $204

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
$204.17
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,317.64
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$11,481.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$354.81

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 42nd of 50

$2,199

$204 physician + $1,995 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.