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Insertion of a Heart Pacing Wire

South Carolina 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?

$16,596

Typical facility fee. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16,596 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $8,913 to $29,512.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16,596 · 10th to 90th $692 to $60,256
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $16,596

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$20,417.38
Typical High
$87,096.36
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$25,703.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$9,549.93
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$32,359.37

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 4th of 50

$16,596

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.