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Removal Of A Pacing Wire From The Heart

Missouri 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?

$5,353

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,353 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $676 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,677 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$676$562 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,677$2,138 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $16,982Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,778
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,677professional $676

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
$2,290.87
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$18,620.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$4,570.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$26,915.35
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$13,489.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$15,848.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,479.11
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
$251.19
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$436.52

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 10th of 51

$5,353

$676 physician + $4,677 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.