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Removal Of A Pacing Wire From The Heart

Illinois 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?

$2,455

Typical facility fee. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,455 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,023 to $5,370.

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 $3,236 · 10th to 90th $933 to $10,000Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $468 to $2,239
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,236professional $776

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
$776.25
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$10,000.00
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,511.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$28,840.32
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,238.72
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$9,332.54

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 21.4 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Illinois $2,455 · 40th of 50
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.