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Removal Of Pacemaker And Heart-Surface Wire

Massachusetts 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?

$1,202

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,202 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,259 from a physician practice, and about $1,023 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,259$977 to $2,188
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,023$708 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $407 to $3,548Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $708 to $8,913
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,023professional $1,259

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
$2,290.87
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,290.87
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,548.13
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$8,912.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,137.96
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,318.26
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,073.80
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,570.40
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,548.13
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,388.44
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$707.95
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
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,621.81

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 21st of 51

$1,202

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.