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Insertion of a Heart Pacing Wire

Minnesota 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?

$2,692

Typical facility fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,692 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,096 to $14,454.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $794 to $28,184
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $2,692

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
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$15,488.17
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$45,708.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,467.37
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$21,379.62

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 40th of 50

$2,692

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.