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Removal Of Pacemaker And Heart-Surface Wire

Pennsylvania 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?

$912

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $912 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $933 from a physician practice, and about $724 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$933$832 to $1,072
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$724$479 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $724 · 10th to 90th $240 to $6,310Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $741 to $1,479
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $724professional $933

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
$831.76
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$660.69
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,584.89
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,348.96
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,737.80
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,709.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$660.69
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,621.81
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,621.81
11 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
$416.87
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$707.95
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$141.25
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 42nd of 51

$912

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.