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Removal Of A Pacing Wire From The Heart

Alabama rates for HCPCS 33234

Removes a pacing wire that runs through a vein into the heart, freeing it from the vein wall and the heart muscle and drawing it out. It is done when a wire is infected, damaged, or no longer needed.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Pacing Wire From The Heart cost?

$3,173

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,173 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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$661$513 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$2,344 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $3,715Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $437 to $851
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,512professional $661

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$707.95
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.4 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

Alabama· 31st of 51

$3,173

$661 physician + $2,512 facility

CT $7,713MT $1,433

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.