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Removal Of Pacemaker Wires, Two-Wire System

Minnesota 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?

$3,314

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,314 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 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$1,318$1,023 to $1,862
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,096 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $676 to $9,120Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $794 to $2,512
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,995professional $1,318

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
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$19,952.62
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,630.27
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,454.71
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$8,317.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,630.27
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$81.28

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 32nd of 51

$3,314

$1,318 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.