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Removal Of A Pacing Wire From The Heart

North Dakota 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?

$2,887

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,887 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$891$759 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$479 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $479 to $3,236Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $513 to $1,148
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $891

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$478.63
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 39th of 51

$2,887

$891 physician + $1,995 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.