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Removal Of Pacemaker Wires, Two-Wire System

North Dakota 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?

$3,170

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,170 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,175 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,175$1,000 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$631 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $631 to $3,236Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $661 to $1,514
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $1,175

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 37th of 51

$3,170

$1,175 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.