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Removal Of A Pacing Wire From The Heart

North Carolina 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?

$3,179

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,179 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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$724$589 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$1,445 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $759 to $8,318Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,413
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $724

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
$478.63
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,288.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$4,677.35
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,011.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$4,168.69
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,288.25
8 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
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$426.58
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$691.83

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 30th of 51

$3,179

$724 physician + $2,455 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.