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Insertion of a Heart Pacing Wire

Michigan 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?

$6,918

Typical facility fee. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,918 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $4,898 to $8,128.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $513 to $10,471
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,918

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
$489.78
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,128.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$19,498.45

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 16th of 50

$6,918

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.