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Removal Of Pacemaker Wires, Two-Wire System

Rhode Island 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?

$3,783

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,783 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$832$724 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$1,230 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $813 to $7,762Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $617 to $1,318
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $832

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
$3,019.95
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 23rd of 51

$3,783

$832 physician + $2,951 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.