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Removal Of Pacemaker And Heart-Surface Wire

Michigan 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?

$1,148

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,096 from a physician practice, and about $2,951 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,096$977 to $1,202
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,951$1,047 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $501 to $4,898Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $851 to $1,288
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,951professional $1,096

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
$1,096.48
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,288.25
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,288.25
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,380.38
12 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
$436.52
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$812.83
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 25th of 51

$1,148

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.