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Insertion of a Heart Pacing Wire

Nevada 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?

$3,162

Typical facility fee. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,162 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,951 to $6,918.

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 $3,162 · 10th to 90th $417 to $15,136Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $6 to $562
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $437

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,918.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$17,378.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$6,165.95
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$562.34
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$6,165.95
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$12,302.69

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 35th of 50

$3,162

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.