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Removal Of A Pacing Wire From The Heart

West 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?

$2,781

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,781 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$692$501 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$1,479 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $759 to $5,623Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,445
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,089professional $692

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,344.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$524.81
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where West 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

West Virginia· 42nd of 51

$2,781

$692 physician + $2,089 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.