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Removal Of A Pacing Wire From The Heart

Washington 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?

$4,467

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,467 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,023 to $13,183.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $794 to $17,783
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,467

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
$891.25
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$18,620.87
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$4,677.35
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$14,791.08
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$977.24
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$21,379.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$22,387.21

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 23rd of 50

$4,467

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.