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Removal Of Pacemaker Wires, Two-Wire System

New Jersey 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?

$4,494

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,494 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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$692$631 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$2,399 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $9,772Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $617 to $1,698
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $692

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
$691.83
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,659.59
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$912.01
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$14,125.38
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,905.46
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
$346.74
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$501.19

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 17th of 51

$4,494

$692 physician + $3,802 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.