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Insertion of a Heart Pacing Wire

Missouri 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?

$6,755

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,755 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,166 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$589$447 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,166$2,570 to $12,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $23,442Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,622
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,166professional $589

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
$1,778.28
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$18,620.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$3,467.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$26,915.35
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$13,489.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$33,113.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,122.02
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
$194.98
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$331.13

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 23rd of 51

$6,755

$589 physician + $6,166 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.