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Temporary Pacing Wires, Two Heart Chambers

Massachusetts 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?

$3,628

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,628 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $240 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$240$178 to $372
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$2,512 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $182 to $8,511Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $148 to $550
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $240

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
$1,949.84
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$549.54
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$20,892.96
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$467.74
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$4,897.79
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$275.42
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$15,488.17
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$512.86
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$20,892.96
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$4,677.35

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 35th of 50

$3,628

$240 physician + $3,388 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.