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Removal Of A Pacing Wire From The Heart

Idaho 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?

$3,567

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,567 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$813$661 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$2,138 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $933 to $9,550Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $550 to $1,445
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,754professional $813

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
$794.33
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$10,232.93
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$812.83
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,445.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$5,754.40
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$12,882.50
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,000.00
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$6,025.60
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,047.13
4 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
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$645.65

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 24th of 51

$3,567

$813 physician + $2,754 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.