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Removal Of A Pacing Wire From The Heart

Tennessee 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?

$3,715

Typical facility fee. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,715 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,399 to $5,888.

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 $3,715 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $8,318
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,715

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
$1,023.29
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,182.57
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$21,379.62
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,585.78

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 33rd of 50

$3,715

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.