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Removal Of Pacemaker And Heart-Surface Wire

South Carolina 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?

$1,072

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,072 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,072 from a physician practice, and about $11,220 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 6 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$1,072$776 to $1,072
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11,220$2,089 to $22,909

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11,220 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $131,826Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $759 to $1,585
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $11,220professional $1,072

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
$1,071.52
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$131,825.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,511.89
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 8.5 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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.

South Carolina· 37th of 51

$1,072

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.