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Temporary Pacing Wires, Two Heart Chambers

North Dakota 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?

$493

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $493 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 to the doctor who performs it, and $170 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$324$200 to $372
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$170$166 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $170 · 10th to 90th $166 to $8,511Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $166 to $417
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $170professional $324

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
$169.82
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$478.63
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$489.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,715.19
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$416.87

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 49th of 50

$493

$324 physician + $170 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.