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Permanent Pacemaker With an Upper-Chamber Lead

Georgia 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?

$5,658

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,658 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,012 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$646$589 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,012$1,380 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $741 to $16,596Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,175
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,012professional $646

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
$512.86
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,348.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$15,488.17
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,000.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$12,302.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$17,782.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,513.56
7 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
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$436.52
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
KX · Policy requirements met
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 42nd of 51

$5,658

$646 physician + $5,012 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.