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Removal Of A Pacing Wire From The Heart

New York 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?

$4,756

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,756 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$490$427 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$1,995 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $11,220Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $380 to $955
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $4,266professional $490

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
$1,412.54
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,819.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$11,748.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$870.96
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$8,912.51
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,698.24
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,995.26
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$954.99
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$776.25
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$89,125.09
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,445.44
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,137.96
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$794.33
14 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
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$457.09
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$741.31
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$54.95
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$70.79
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$660.69
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$741.31
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$64.57
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$83.18
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$660.69

Where New York 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 York· 14th of 51

$4,756

$490 physician + $4,266 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.