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Removal Of A Pacing Wire From The Heart

New Hampshire 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?

$4,631

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,631 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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$759 to $1,413
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$2,291 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $6,310Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $550 to $1,905
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $1,000

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
$2,398.83
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$14,791.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,309.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$5,011.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,412.54
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,623.41
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,862.09
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where New Hampshire 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

New Hampshire· 15th of 51

$4,631

$1,000 physician + $3,631 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.