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Removal Of A Pacing Wire From The Heart

Pennsylvania 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?

$2,974

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,974 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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$575$513 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$1,318 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $631 to $6,310Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $457 to $933
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,399professional $575

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
$812.83
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$977.24
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$758.58
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,466.84
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,047.13
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,511.38
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$707.95
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,071.52
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,370.32
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,000.00
10 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
$257.04
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$58.88
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$117.49
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$58.88

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 34th of 51

$2,974

$575 physician + $2,399 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.