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Repair Of Heart Device Wires In A Vein

Alaska rates for HCPCS 33220

A procedure to repair the wires that run through a vein into the heart from an implanted pacemaker or defibrillator. The pocket under the skin is reopened and damaged insulation or a faulty connection is fixed so the device can sense the heartbeat and deliver its therapy reliably again. This is the version used when more than one wire needs repair.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Repair Of Heart Device Wires In A Vein cost?

$7,680

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,680 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,514 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,166 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,514$1,000 to $1,514
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,166$4,074 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $12,303Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $457 to $2,138
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $6,166professional $1,514

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
$2,041.74
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$16,982.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$16,595.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$20,892.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,258.93
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,951.21
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,511.89
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$6,760.83
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$20,892.96
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,238.72

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 7.3 times more in Connecticut 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

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$7,680

$1,514 physician + $6,166 facility

CT $8,231MT $1,126

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.