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Removal Of A Pacing Wire From The Heart

California 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 July 2026.

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

$6,166

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,166 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,981 to $9,333.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $3,388 to $14,125Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,000
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $6,310professional $490

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
$3,630.78
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$24,547.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$13,489.63
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$10,232.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$13,182.57
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$2,884.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,000.00
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$15,848.93
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$20,892.96

Where California sits

The same service costs 21.4 times more in Indiana 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.

California· 10th of 50

$6,166

IN $10,715WV $501

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.