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Temporary Pacing Wires, Two Heart Chambers

Louisiana 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?

$3,470

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,470 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $234 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$234$195 to $269
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,820 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $891 to $10,715Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $182 to $355
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,236professional $234

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
$758.58
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,370.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$18,197.01
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$302.00
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$363.08

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 37th of 50

$3,470

$234 physician + $3,236 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.