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Removal Of Pacemaker Wires, Two-Wire System

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 33235

Takes out the pacemaker wires that run through a vein into the heart, withdrawing them along the vein they were originally threaded down rather than opening the chest. This version covers a system with two wires.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Of Pacemaker Wires, Two-Wire System cost?

$3,015

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,015 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$776$661 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$1,585 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $4,677Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $617 to $1,175
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,239professional $776

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
$758.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,677.35
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,288.25
8 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
$346.74
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 4.7 times more in Wisconsin than in Kentucky. 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

Arkansas· 40th of 51

$3,015

$776 physician + $2,239 facility

WI $8,213KY $1,765

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.