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Insertion of a Heart Pacing Wire

Tennessee 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?

$5,240

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,240 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,677 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$562$417 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,677$2,455 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $11,482Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $355 to $3,467
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,677professional $562

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
$1,819.70
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$15,848.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$13,182.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$724.44
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$851.14
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
$177.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$416.87

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 33rd of 51

$5,240

$562 physician + $4,677 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.