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Temporary Pacing Wires, Two Heart Chambers

Tennessee 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?

$4,517

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,517 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $251 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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$251$191 to $295
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$2,399 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $871 to $11,220Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $162 to $692
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $251

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
$870.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,182.57
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$354.81
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$42,657.95
Typical High
$42,657.95
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$398.11

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 34th of 50

$4,517

$251 physician + $4,266 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.