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Permanent Pacemaker With an Upper-Chamber Lead

Connecticut 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?

$17,337

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17,337 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$741$617 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$16,596$7,943 to $28,184

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16,596 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $64,565Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,175
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $16,596professional $741

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
$5,248.07
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$40,738.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$75,857.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,096.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$27,542.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,174.90
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$21,379.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,548.82
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
$251.19
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 3rd of 51

$17,337

$741 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.