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Insertion of a Heart Pacing Wire

Alaska rates for HCPCS 33216

Threads a pacing wire through a vein into the heart and connects it to a pacemaker or defibrillator that is already implanted. It is done when an existing wire has failed or another one is needed; the generator itself is not changed.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Insertion of a Heart Pacing Wire cost?

$14,068

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14,068 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,479 to the doctor who performs it, and $12,589 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$1,479$741 to $1,479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$12,589$8,128 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,589 · 10th to 90th $2,754 to $24,547Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $417 to $2,239
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $12,589professional $1,479

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$16,982.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$16,595.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$46,773.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,230.27
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,884.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,454.71
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$14,454.40
Typical High
$17,782.79
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$46,773.51
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$24,547.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,238.72

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 13.5 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$14,068

$1,479 physician + $12,589 facility

CO $14,991MT $1,112

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.