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Removal Of Pacemaker Wires, Two-Wire System

Florida 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?

$2,988

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,988 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$589$479 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$1,318 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $891 to $14,125Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,000
$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,399professional $589

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
$741.31
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,148.15
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$13,182.57
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$17,782.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,318.26
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$16,982.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$660.69
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,659.59
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$630.96
7 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
$288.40
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$537.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83

Where Florida 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

Florida· 42nd of 51

$2,988

$589 physician + $2,399 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.