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Removal Of Pacemaker Wires, Two-Wire System

Georgia 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?

$2,929

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,929 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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$933$813 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$955 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $631 to $6,761Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $617 to $1,585
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $933

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
$724.44
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,905.46
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$5,888.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,862.09
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,137.96
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
$363.08
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$602.56

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 43rd of 51

$2,929

$933 physician + $1,995 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.