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Insertion of a Heart Pacing Wire

Louisiana 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?

$7,274

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,274 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,761 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$513$427 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,761$3,467 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $13,183Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $372 to $708
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,761professional $513

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
$549.54
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$794.33
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$15,488.17
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$660.69
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$758.58
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
$213.80
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$389.05

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 17th of 51

$7,274

$513 physician + $6,761 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.