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Insertion of a Heart Pacing Wire

Arizona 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?

$5,768

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,768 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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$398$372 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$2,291 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $12,303Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $339 to $3,311
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $398

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,762.47
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,302.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$588.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$33,113.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$707.95
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$288.40

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 28th of 51

$5,768

$398 physician + $5,370 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.