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Removal Of A Pacing Wire From The Heart

Michigan 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?

$2,899

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,899 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 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$661$537 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$1,778 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $912 to $6,761Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $372 to $794
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $661

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
$660.69
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$794.33
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$776.25
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$851.14
12 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
$275.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$489.78
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 37th of 51

$2,899

$661 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.