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Removal Of A Pacing Wire From The Heart

Wyoming 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?

$5,399

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,399 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,169 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$1,230$1,096 to $1,479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,169$4,169 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $3,388 to $5,248Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $794 to $1,479
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,169professional $1,230

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
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where Wyoming 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

Wyoming· 9th of 51

$5,399

$1,230 physician + $4,169 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.