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Removal Of Pacemaker And Heart-Surface Wire

Texas 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?

$692

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $692 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $631 from a physician practice, and about $1,622 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$631$112 to $813
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,622$891 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $562 to $9,333Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $63 to $1,202
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $1,622professional $631

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
$870.96
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS Texas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$8,709.64
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,348.96
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$8,912.51
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$7,943.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$776.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$251,188.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,318.26
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
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
$389.05
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$676.08
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$467.74
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$190.55
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$707.95
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$141.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$95.50
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$660.69

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 51st of 51

$692

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.