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Extra Pacing Wire For The Left Lower Heart Chamber

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 33225

Threads an additional pacing wire through a vein on the outside of the heart so the left lower chamber can be paced as well as the right, letting both chambers squeeze together again. It is done at the same time as a pacemaker or defibrillator unit is put in or replaced, and is billed in addition to that main procedure.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Extra Pacing Wire For The Left Lower Heart Chamber cost?

$4,786

Typical facility fee. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,786 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,630 to $10,471.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $603 to $28,184
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $4,786

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
$602.56
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$28,183.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$354.81
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,302.69
Median
$25,703.96
Typical High
$51,286.14
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,848.93
Median
$54,954.09
Typical High
$54,954.09
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$43,651.58
Median
$43,651.58
Typical High
$43,651.58
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10,964.78
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$10,964.78

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 147.9 times more in Delaware than in Maryland. 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 Carolina· 26th of 51

$4,786

DE $47,863MD $324

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.