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Removal Of Pacemaker Wires, Two-Wire System

Iowa 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?

$5,240

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,240 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,259 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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$1,259$955 to $1,698
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$1,622 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $9,550Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $692 to $1,995
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,981professional $1,259

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
$1,000.00
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,737.80
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$9,772.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,019.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,737.80
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,897.79
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,949.84
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,995.26
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 12th of 51

$5,240

$1,259 physician + $3,981 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.