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Permanent Pacemaker With an Upper-Chamber Lead

Illinois 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?

$11,851

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,851 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $11,220 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$631$537 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$11,220$5,012 to $15,136

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11,220 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $19,498Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,023
$100$1K$10Kfacility $11,220professional $631

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
$812.83
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$15,135.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$16,218.10
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$16,595.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$851.14
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,905.46
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$645.65
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$27,542.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,047.13
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
$275.42
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$398.11

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 14th of 51

$11,851

$631 physician + $11,220 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.