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Placing Pacing Wires Into The Heart

North Dakota rates for HCPCS 33217

Threads insulated pacing wires through a vein into the heart and settles them against the heart wall, so a pacemaker or defibrillator can sense the rhythm and deliver electrical impulses. More than one wire is placed during the procedure. The device unit itself is put in separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Placing Pacing Wires Into The Heart cost?

$389

Typical facility fee. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $389 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $363 to $6,457.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $389 · 10th to 90th $363 to $8,511
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $389

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
$363.08
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$8,511.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,715.19
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$12,022.64

Where North Dakota sits

The same service costs 87.1 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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.

North Dakota· 49th of 50

$389

IN $33,113WV $380

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.