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Insertion of a Heart Pacing Wire

Kansas 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 July 2026.

How much does Insertion of a Heart Pacing Wire cost?

$5,754

Typical facility fee. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,754 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,162 to $8,511.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $708 to $12,303
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,754

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
$977.24
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$12,302.69
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$10,232.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25,703.96
Median
$25,703.96
Typical High
$25,703.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$12,302.69

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 83.2 times more in West Virginia than in Delaware. 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.

Kansas· 21st of 50

$5,754

WV $37,154DE $447

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.