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Removal Of Pacemaker Wires, Two-Wire System

Arizona 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?

$3,712

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,712 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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$692$631 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,738 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $955 to $8,128Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $575 to $4,571
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $692

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
$1,621.81
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$870.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,762.47
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$10,964.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,122.02
6 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
$346.74
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$501.19

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 24th of 51

$3,712

$692 physician + $3,020 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.