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Insertion of a Heart Pacing Wire

Washington 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?

$7,762

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,762 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $813 to $18,621.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $513 to $32,359
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $7,762

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
$512.86
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$21,877.62
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18,197.01
Median
$26,302.68
Typical High
$46,773.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14,125.38
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$14,125.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$36,307.81
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$758.58
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16,982.44
Median
$25,118.86
Typical High
$45,708.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$25,703.96
Typical High
$46,773.51

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 13th of 50

$7,762

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.