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Permanent Pacemaker With an Upper-Chamber Lead

Arizona 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?

$7,734

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,734 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,244 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$490$457 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,244$2,692 to $17,783

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $33,113Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $407 to $6,607
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $7,244professional $490

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
$977.24
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$17,782.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,762.47
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$15,135.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$724.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$41,686.94
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$18,620.87
Typical High
$54,954.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$851.14
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
$245.47
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$354.81

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 35th of 51

$7,734

$490 physician + $7,244 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.