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Temporary Pacing Wires, Two Heart Chambers

Minnesota 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?

$1,574

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,574 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$372$295 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$479 to $13,183

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $339 to $29,512Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $224 to $617
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,202professional $372

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
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$45,708.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$724.44
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,202.26
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$616.60
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$12,302.69
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$21,379.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$660.69

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 44th of 50

$1,574

$372 physician + $1,202 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.