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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 July 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Pacing Wire From The Heart cost?

$5,129

Typical facility fee. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,129 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,090 to $7,943.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $741 to $12,023
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,129

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$12,882.50
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$8,912.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$7,762.47
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$75,857.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$18,620.87
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where New York sits

The same service costs 21.4 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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.

New York· 18th of 50

$5,129

IN $10,715WV $501

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.