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Removal Of Pacemaker Wires, Two-Wire System

Kansas 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?

$2,534

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,534 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,622 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$912$813 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,622$1,549 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $6,761Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,413
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,622professional $912

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
$1,698.24
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$15,848.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,380.38
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
$398.11
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 48th of 51

$2,534

$912 physician + $1,622 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.