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Temporary Pacing Wires, Two Heart Chambers

Nebraska 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?

$8,800

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,800 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $288 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,511 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$288$155 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,511$7,079 to $12,589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $14,454Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $148 to $851
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$501.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$41,686.94
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$3,311.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$524.81
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$457.09

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 10th of 50

$8,800

$288 physician + $8,511 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.