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Removal Of A Pacing Wire From The Heart

Connecticut 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?

$7,713

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,713 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,918 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$794$661 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,918$4,266 to $12,303

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $64,565Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,259
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $6,918professional $794

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
$4,570.88
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$954.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$83,176.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,230.27
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,659.59
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
$269.15
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 1st of 51

$7,713

$794 physician + $6,918 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.