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Insertion of a Heart Pacing Wire

New Jersey 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?

$7,178

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,178 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$417$372 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,761$3,981 to $11,220

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $19,498Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $339 to $955
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $6,761professional $417

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
$407.38
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$13,182.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$977.24
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$44,668.36
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$426.58
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
$204.17
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$295.12

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 19th of 51

$7,178

$417 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.