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Removal Of A Pacing Wire From The Heart

Iowa 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?

$4,786

Typical facility fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,786 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,288 to $7,079.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $724 to $9,772Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,479
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,248professional $1,096

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
$724.44
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,964.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$10,000.00

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 21st of 50

$4,786

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.