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Removal Of Pacemaker Wires, Two-Wire System

Virginia 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?

$5,312

Typical total for the visit. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,312 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$741$661 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$1,413 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $759 to $11,220Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,318
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,571professional $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
$891.25
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$7,244.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$891.25
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$794.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$17,378.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,380.38
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
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$562.34

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 11th of 51

$5,312

$741 physician + $4,571 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.