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Removal Of Pacemaker And Heart-Surface Wire

New Jersey 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?

$933

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $933 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $871 from a physician practice, and about $6,918 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$871$794 to $1,047
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,918$4,467 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $12,303Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $708 to $2,399
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $6,918professional $871

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
$1,318.26
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22,387.21
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$33,113.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,089.30
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey $933 · 49th 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.