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Removal Of A Pacing Wire From The Heart

South Carolina 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?

$10,471

Typical facility fee. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,471 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,548 to $20,417.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,471 · 10th to 90th $661 to $30,903
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50K$100Kfacility $10,471

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
$660.69
Median
$18,197.01
Typical High
$131,825.67
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,162.28
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$22,387.21

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 2nd of 50

$10,471

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.