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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 July 2026.

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

$1,230

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,230 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $851 from a physician practice, and about $10,715 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 7 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$851$708 to $1,000
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10,715$4,786 to $19,055

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,715 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $32,359Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,698
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $10,715professional $851

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
$1,047.13
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$33,113.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$10,232.93
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$13,803.84
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$19,952.62
Typical High
$42,657.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,737.80
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$33,884.42
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$954.99
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,819.70
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$851.14

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 8.5 times more in California than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Florida $1,230 · 30th of 51
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.