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Removal Of Pacemaker And Heart-Surface Wire

Connecticut rates for HCPCS 33236

Removal of a permanent pacemaker together with the wire attached to the outer surface of the heart, carried out through an incision in the chest. It covers a system that uses a single wire.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of Pacemaker And Heart-Surface Wire cost?

$1,820

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,820 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,288 from a physician practice, and about $8,511 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,288$871 to $1,862
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,511$5,754 to $32,359

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $4,571 to $63,096Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $851 to $2,692
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50K$100Kfacility $8,511professional $1,288

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$61,659.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,691.53
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$83,176.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46,773.51
Median
$63,095.73
Typical High
$79,432.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,187.76
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 8.5 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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.

Connecticut· 9th of 51

$1,820

CA $7,413WV $871

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.