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Removal Of Pacemaker And Heart-Surface Wire

Florida 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 October 2026.

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

$813

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $813 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $741 from a physician practice, and about $2,692 from a hospital or other facility.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$741$603 to $933
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,692$617 to $13,490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $447 to $25,704Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $74 to $1,202
$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $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
$724.44
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$977.24
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$13,182.57
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$19,952.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,659.59
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,471.29
Median
$22,387.21
Typical High
$33,884.42
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$954.99
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,041.74
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$831.76
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
$354.81
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$660.69

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Florida· 48th of 51

$813

AK $3,162TX $692

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.