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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 July 2026.

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

$5,370

Typical facility fee. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,370 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $832 to $9,772.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $589 to $12,882Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $407 to $832
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,495professional $603

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$7,413.10
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$602.56
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,023.29
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$17,782.79

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 13th of 50

$5,370

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.