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Surgical Removal Of Pacemaker On The Heart Surface

North Dakota rates for HCPCS 33237

Removal of a permanent pacemaker system whose wires are attached to the outer surface of the heart rather than threaded through a vein. The chest is opened surgically so the wires can be detached from the heart and taken out along with the pulse generator. It is done for infection, for a device that no longer works, or when the system is no longer needed.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Surgical Removal Of Pacemaker On The Heart Surface cost?

$1,622

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,622 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,622 from a physician practice, and about $813 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$1,622$871 to $1,905
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$813$813 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $813 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $813 to $2,138
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $813professional $1,622

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
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where North Dakota sits

The same service costs 7.8 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.

North Dakota· 14th of 51

$1,622

CA $7,244WV $933

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.