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Removal Of A Pacing Wire From The Heart

Oregon 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?

$1,867

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,867 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $933 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$933$676 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$933$832 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $661 to $8,913Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,413
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $933professional $933

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
$5,128.61
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$18,620.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,348.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,096.48
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$18,620.87
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$954.99
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,011.87
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,412.54
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$14,454.40
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 49th of 51

$1,867

$933 physician + $933 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.