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Insertion of a Heart Pacing Wire

Delaware 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?

$3,321

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,321 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$437$389 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$1,660 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $646 to $9,550Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $355 to $550
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $437

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
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$11,481.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$870.96

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 43rd of 51

$3,321

$437 physician + $2,884 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.