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Removal Of A Pacing Wire From The Heart

Arkansas 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?

$3,308

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,308 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$617$501 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,585 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $4,677Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $468 to $891
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,692professional $617

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
$588.84
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,677.35
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$977.24
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
$263.03
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 28th of 51

$3,308

$617 physician + $2,692 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.