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Permanent Pacemaker With an Upper-Chamber Lead

Colorado 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?

$17,257

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17,257 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $16,596 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$661$537 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$16,596$10,965 to $25,704

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16,596 · 10th to 90th $4,169 to $46,774Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,096
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $16,596professional $661

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
$2,691.53
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$38,904.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$6,165.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15,135.61
Median
$22,908.68
Typical High
$57,543.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$17,378.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$891.25
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,089.30
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$12,022.64
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$45,708.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,122.02
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
$257.04
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$478.63

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 4th of 51

$17,257

$661 physician + $16,596 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.