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Removal Of A Pacing Wire From The Heart

Virginia 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?

$5,133

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,133 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$562$501 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$1,288 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $617 to $11,220Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,000
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,571professional $562

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
$676.08
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$4,365.16
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$7,244.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$676.08
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$831.76
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$602.56
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$891.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$17,378.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,047.13
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
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$426.58

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 11th of 51

$5,133

$562 physician + $4,571 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.