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Removal Of Pacemaker Wires, Two-Wire System

North Carolina 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?

$3,186

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,186 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,096 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 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$1,096$813 to $1,413
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$1,380 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $871 to $6,918Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,862
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,089professional $1,096

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
$616.60
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,011.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$4,073.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,698.24
8 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
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$562.34
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$912.01

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 36th of 51

$3,186

$1,096 physician + $2,089 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.