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Removal Of A Pacing Wire From The Heart

Rhode Island 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?

$3,582

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,582 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$631$550 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$1,230 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $813 to $7,762Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,000
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $631

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
$3,019.95
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$870.96

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 23rd of 51

$3,582

$631 physician + $2,951 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.