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Removal Of A Pacing Wire From The Heart

Delaware 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?

$2,571

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,571 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$575$501 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,288 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $708 to $4,169Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $490 to $708
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,995professional $575

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 46th of 51

$2,571

$575 physician + $1,995 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.