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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 October 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Pacing Wire From The Heart cost?

$2,894

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,894 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,344 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$550$417 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,344$871 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $676 to $11,220Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $324 to $813
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $2,344professional $550

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
$660.69
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$87,096.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$9,549.93
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$794.33
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,174.90
6 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
$234.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 38th of 51

$2,894

$550 physician + $2,344 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.