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Insertion of a Heart Pacing Wire

New Mexico 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?

$8,300

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,300 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,762 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$537$417 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,762$2,884 to $16,982

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $603 to $24,547Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $347 to $708
$100$1K$10Kfacility $7,762professional $537

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
$416.87
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$17,782.79
Typical High
$27,542.29
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$9,549.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$707.95
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$537.03
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$10,000.00
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$36,307.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$776.25

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 9th of 51

$8,300

$537 physician + $7,762 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.