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Permanent Pacemaker With an Upper-Chamber Lead

Kentucky 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?

$2,159

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,159 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,622 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$537$457 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,622$661 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $457 to $14,791Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $372 to $851
$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,622professional $537

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
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$724.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$724.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$457.09
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$12,589.25
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$8,709.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$5,248.07
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$912.01
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
$251.19
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$467.74

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 49th of 51

$2,159

$537 physician + $1,622 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.