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Temporary Pacing Wires, Two Heart Chambers

Michigan 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?

$5,117

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,117 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $219 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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$219$186 to $229
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$4,898 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $224 to $11,749Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $166 to $251
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $4,898professional $219

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
$223.87
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$275.42
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$6,918.31
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$323.59

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 30th of 50

$5,117

$219 physician + $4,898 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.