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Insertion of a Heart Pacing Wire

Oklahoma 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?

$4,205

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,205 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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$490$417 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$2,188 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $12,303Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $331 to $3,311
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $490

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
$1,288.25
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$13,182.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$6,606.93
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,370.32
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$645.65
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$14,454.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$645.65

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 38th of 51

$4,205

$490 physician + $3,715 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.