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Removal Of A Pacing Wire From The Heart

Minnesota 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?

$2,778

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,778 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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$1,000$776 to $1,413
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$832 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $513 to $9,120Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $603 to $1,905
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,778professional $1,000

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
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$19,952.62
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,862.09
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,762.47
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,995.26
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$61.66

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 43rd of 51

$2,778

$1,000 physician + $1,778 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.