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Removal Of A Pacing Wire From The Heart

Utah 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?

$5,820

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,820 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,129 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$692$513 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,129$2,455 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $741 to $9,120Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,259
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $5,129professional $692

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
$741.31
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$891.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,479.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$10,964.78
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,122.02
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Utah 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

Utah· 7th of 51

$5,820

$692 physician + $5,129 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.