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Insertion of a Heart Pacing Wire

Massachusetts 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?

$3,715

Typical facility fee. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,715 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,512 to $5,248.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $427 to $11,749
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,715

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
$1,949.84
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,762.47
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$20,892.96
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$3,630.78
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$15,488.17
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33,113.11
Median
$33,113.11
Typical High
$33,113.11
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$20,892.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$19,054.61

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 32nd of 50

$3,715

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.