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Removal Of A Pacing Wire From The Heart

Massachusetts 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?

$2,171

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,171 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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$759$575 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$661 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $513 to $5,888Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $437 to $3,090
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,413professional $759

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
$1,513.56
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,513.56
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$6,025.60
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$3,090.30
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,318.26
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$707.95
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,137.96
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$6,025.60
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,137.96
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,288.25
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$457.09
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
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 48th of 51

$2,171

$759 physician + $1,413 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.