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Permanent Pacemaker With an Upper-Chamber Lead

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 33206

Implants a permanent pacemaker under the skin near the collarbone and threads its pacing wire through a vein into the upper chamber of the heart. Pacing the upper chamber keeps the heart rate from dropping too low when the heart's own natural pacemaker is unreliable. Both placing a new system and replacing an existing one are covered.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Permanent Pacemaker With an Upper-Chamber Lead cost?

$9,298

Typical total for the visit. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,298 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,710 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$589$479 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,710$3,981 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,710 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $13,804Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $447 to $891
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $8,710professional $589

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
$537.03
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$8,128.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$912.01
6 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
$245.47
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 16.2 times more in Oklahoma than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Arkansas· 22nd of 51

$9,298

$589 physician + $8,710 facility

OK $21,968MT $1,353

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.