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Temporary Pacing Wires, Two Heart Chambers

North Carolina 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?

$1,923

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,923 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $263 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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$263$186 to $407
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$282 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $166 to $11,220Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $166 to $603
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,660professional $263

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
$165.96
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$467.74
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$26,915.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$426.58
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$42,657.95
Typical High
$42,657.95
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,467.37

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 43rd of 50

$1,923

$263 physician + $1,660 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.