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Permanent Pacemaker With an Upper-Chamber Lead

Kansas 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?

$12,747

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12,747 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $12,023 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$724$575 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$12,023$6,607 to $17,378

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,023 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $17,783Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,023
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $12,023professional $724

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
$2,951.21
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$18,620.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$17,782.79
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$24,547.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$831.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$17,378.01
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$18,197.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$977.24
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
$288.40
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$537.03

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 8th of 51

$12,747

$724 physician + $12,023 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.