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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 October 2026.

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

$891

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $891 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $871 from a physician practice, and about $2,089 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$871$794 to $1,096
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,089$1,000 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $398 to $11,220Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $741 to $2,089
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,089professional $871

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
$4,365.16
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,882.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$33,113.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,089.30
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,344.23
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
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$616.60

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 43rd of 51

$891

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.