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Temporary Pacing Wires, Two Heart Chambers

Montana 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?

$584

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $584 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $288 to the doctor who performs it, and $295 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$288$234 to $355
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$295$282 to $316

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $295 · 10th to 90th $282 to $355Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $186 to $851
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $295professional $288

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$257.04
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$354.81
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$354.81
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$354.81
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$457.09

Where Montana 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

Montana· 48th of 50

$584

$288 physician + $295 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.