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Repositioning Of A Heart Pacing Wire

Montana rates for HCPCS 33226

Moves a previously implanted pacing wire that runs through a vein on the outer surface of the left side of the heart into a better position so it stimulates the heart muscle properly. It is done when the wire has shifted, is no longer pacing effectively, or is irritating the diaphragm.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Repositioning Of A Heart Pacing Wire cost?

$1,432

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,432 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $724 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$708$468 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$724$724 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $724 · 10th to 90th $708 to $3,467Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $79 to $871
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $724professional $708

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,413.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$831.76
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$776.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,413.10
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 7.6 times more in Alabama 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$1,432

$708 physician + $724 facility

AL $10,894MT $1,432

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.