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Extra Pacing Wire For The Left Lower Heart Chamber

North Dakota 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 October 2026.

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

$5,618

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,618 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,786 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$832$692 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,786$457 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $457 to $15,849Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,047
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $4,786professional $832

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
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$18,197.01
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$18,197.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where North Dakota sits

The same service costs 16.0 times more in South Carolina 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

North Dakota· 31st of 51

$5,618

$832 physician + $4,786 facility

SC $21,418WV $1,339

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.