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Insertion of a Heart Pacing Wire

Colorado 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?

$14,991

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14,991 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $14,454 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$537$447 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$14,454$6,457 to $18,621

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14,454 · 10th to 90th $2,512 to $25,704Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $398 to $851
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $14,454professional $537

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
$660.69
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$5,495.41
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11,481.54
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$38,904.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$11,481.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$741.31
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$831.76
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$691.83
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$9,772.37
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$933.25
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
$208.93
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$389.05

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 1st of 51

$14,991

$537 physician + $14,454 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.