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Surgical Removal Of Pacemaker On The Heart Surface

South Carolina 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?

$1,148

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,148 from a physician practice, and about $9,120 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$1,148$832 to $1,148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9,120$1,479 to $30,903

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,120 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $131,826Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $813 to $1,820
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $9,120professional $1,148

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
$1,148.15
Median
$22,908.68
Typical High
$131,825.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,691.53
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
$812.83
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 38th of 51

$1,148

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.