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Permanent Pacemaker With an Upper-Chamber Lead

Indiana 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?

$15,071

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15,071 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $14,454 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$617$513 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$14,454$5,888 to $26,303

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14,454 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $42,658Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $398 to $912
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $14,454professional $617

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
$5,011.87
Typical High
$17,782.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$575.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$47,863.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$912.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$575.44
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$15,488.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$15,848.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,023.29
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$19,498.45
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$24,547.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$870.96
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
$229.09
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$407.38

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 6th of 51

$15,071

$617 physician + $14,454 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.