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Removal Of A Pacing Wire From The Heart

Montana 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?

$1,433

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,433 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $741 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$479 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$741$724 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $708 to $3,388Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $79 to $871
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $741professional $692

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$9,549.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$851.14
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$776.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$9,549.93
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Montana 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$1,433

$692 physician + $741 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.