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Insertion of a Heart Pacing Wire

Wyoming 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?

$10,075

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,075 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,120 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$955$851 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,120$8,710 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,120 · 10th to 90th $6,457 to $14,791Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $617 to $1,148
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $9,120professional $955

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$9,120.11
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$19,952.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where Wyoming 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

Wyoming· 6th of 51

$10,075

$955 physician + $9,120 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.