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Permanent Pacemaker With an Upper-Chamber Lead

Louisiana 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?

$10,631

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,631 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $10,000 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$631$525 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$10,000$6,310 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,000 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $20,417Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $457 to $871
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $10,000professional $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
$676.08
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,370.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$22,908.68
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$812.83
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,022.64
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$12,022.64
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$12,302.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$933.25
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
$263.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$478.63

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 17th of 51

$10,631

$631 physician + $10,000 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.