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Removal Of Pacemaker Wires, Two-Wire System

Illinois 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?

$4,782

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,782 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 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$891$759 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$2,455 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $8,128Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,380
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,890professional $891

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
$776.25
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,011.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,202.26
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,137.96
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$891.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
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
$389.05
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$562.34

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 16th of 51

$4,782

$891 physician + $3,890 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.