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Removal Of Pacemaker Wires, Two-Wire System

South 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?

$3,253

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,253 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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$741$562 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,622 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $11,749Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,072
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $2,512professional $741

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
$870.96
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$87,096.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$9,549.93
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,000.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
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
$309.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56

Where South 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

South Carolina· 33rd of 51

$3,253

$741 physician + $2,512 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.