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Removal Of A Pacing Wire From The Heart

Oklahoma 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?

$7,102

Typical total for the visit. In Oklahoma, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,102 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,457 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$646$537 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,457$2,399 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $912 to $12,589Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $437 to $3,467
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,457professional $646

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
$1,288.25
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$13,182.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$6,606.93
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$13,803.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$831.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$8,709.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$831.76

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 4th of 51

$7,102

$646 physician + $6,457 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.