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Removal Of A Pacing Wire From The Heart

New Mexico 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?

$4,159

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,159 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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$537 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,778 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $708 to $16,218Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $417 to $933
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,467professional $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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$19,498.45
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$933.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$691.83
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$3,548.13
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 19th of 51

$4,159

$692 physician + $3,467 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.