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Removal Of A Pacing Wire From The Heart

Maine 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?

$2,931

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,931 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$692$617 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$724 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $724 to $4,677Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $490 to $912
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,239professional $692

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
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,047.13
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,623.41
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$831.76
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$933.25

Where Maine 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

Maine· 36th of 51

$2,931

$692 physician + $2,239 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.